ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,638,511, issued on May 26, was assigned to CDO2 Ltd. (Mayfield, Great Britain) and The University of Sussex (Brighton, Great Britain).

"Battery characterisation and monitoring system" was invented by Gary Kendall (Rotherfield, Great Britain), Matthew Withers (Hove, Great Britain), Peter Kruger (Hove, Great Britain) and Mark Bason (Hove, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for non-invasive characterisation of a cell for a battery is provided, the method comprising: measuring a magnetic field generated by the cell using a plurality of magnetic field sensors positioned adjacent to the cell, the measuring producing magnetic ...