ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,937, issued on May 27, was assigned to VEHICLE ENERGY JAPAN INC. (Ibaraki, Japan).

"Electrode for secondary battery" was invented by Motonari Kifune (Ibaraki, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an electrode for a secondary battery capable of measuring the width of a first mixture layer and the width of a second mixture layer when the first mixture layer and the second mixture layer are stacked and formed on the surface of a metal foil. A positive electrode body (electrode for a secondary battery) includes a strip-like positive electrode foil and a positive electrode mixture layer provided on the posi...