ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,379, issued on March 31, was assigned to BroadBit Batteries Oy (Espoo, Finland).

"Anode material and anode for a rechargeable battery, a method of production thereof and an electrochemical cell made therefrom" was invented by Andras Kovacs (Espoo, Finland) and David Brown (Helsinki).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode material for an electrochemical cell comprises a matrix material:distributed material composite, which comprises one or more alkali metals and/or alkali earth metals. The distributed material may comprise a metal other than that of the matrix material, such as a transition and/or post transition metal. The anode mat...