Panasonic was granted a patent for a higher-performance battery electrode.

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  "detected_at": "2026-09-30T17:30:10+00:00",
  "company": {
    "name": "Panasonic",
    "domain": "panasonic.com"
  },
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        "label": "Batteries / electrochemical direct conversion of chemical to electrical energy"
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        "label": "Batteries / electrochemical direct conversion of chemical to electrical energy"
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    "detail": "In September 2026 Panasonic patented a solid-state battery electrode design for improving contact between active materials and the current collector in energy-storage cells.",
    "summary": "Panasonic was granted a patent for a higher-performance battery electrode.",
    "event_at": "2026-09-29",
    "inventors": [
      {
        "name": "Tatsuya Oshima",
        "status": "unresolved",
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      },
      {
        "name": "Seiji Nishiyama",
        "status": "unresolved",
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    },
    "patent_title": "Electrode and battery",
    "patent_number": "US12749685",
    "uspto_assignee": "PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.",
    "patent_abstract": "An electrode includes an active material layer that includes an active material, a solid electrolyte, and a binder and a current collector that includes a substrate and a coating layer coating the substrate and being in contact with the active material layer. The binder includes a block copolymer that includes two first blocks constituted of a repeating unit having an aromatic ring and a second block located between the two first blocks. The weight average molecular weight of the block copolymer is 170,000 or more. The coating layer includes conductive carbon.",
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    "invention_explanation": "An electrode that uses a specially structured polymer binder to hold battery materials together against a coated current collector.",
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curl https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/signals/1eb96bcb-f20a-5c8e-883d-026da7f700dc \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY"

curl -X POST https://signals.autobound.ai/v1/companies/enrich \
  -H "X-API-KEY: $AUTOBOUND_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"domain":"panasonic.com","limit":20}'