ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,941, issued on June 24, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Kanagawa-ken, Japan).

"Power storage device, battery management unit, and electronic device" was invented by Junya Goto (Kanagawa, Japan), Ai Nakagawa (Kanagawa, Japan) and Yuika Sato (Kanagawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A repeatedly bendable power storage device. A highly reliable power storage device. A long-life power storage device. A repeatedly bendable electronic device. A flexible electronic device. The power storage device includes a film, a positive electrode, and a negative electrode. The film includes a plurality of projections. A ...