ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,720, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to American Lithium Energy Corp. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Rechargeable battery with resistive layer for enhanced safety" was invented by Jiang Fan (San Diego) and Dengguo Wu (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved high energy density rechargeable (HEDR) battery with an anode energy layer, a cathode energy layer, a separator between the anode and cathode energy layers for preventing internal discharge thereof, and at least one current collector for transferring electrons to and from either the anode or cathode energy layer, includes a resistive layer interposed between the separator and...