ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,003, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Negative electrode slurry, negative electrode, and rechargeable battery" was invented by Tomoyuki Fukatani (Yokohama, Japan) and Koji Hoshiba (Yokohama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode slurry includes a negative active material including a first active material in an amount of greater than or equal to about 5 wt % and less than or equal to about 100 wt %, a binder for binding the negative active material, and a solvent for dispersing the negative active material and the binder in the negative electrode slurry, wherein the...