ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,651, issued on March 3, was assigned to 24M Technologies Inc. (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Nanoporous composite separators with increased thermal conductivity" was invented by David W. Avison (Townsend, Mass.), Shreyans Shingi (Lowell, Mass.), Chandrakant C. Patel (Burlington, Mass.), Charles R. Comeau Jr. (Groton, Mass.) and Samuel Lim (Lynn, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanoporous composite separators are disclosed for use in batteries and capacitors comprising a nanoporous inorganic material and an organic polymer material. The inorganic material may comprise Al2O3, AlO(OH) or boehmite, AlN, BN, SiN, ZnO, ZrO2, SiO2, or combinatio...