US Patent Issued to Cornell University on April 21 for "Devices and methods for data communication and sensing" (New York, Indiana Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,341, issued on April 21, was assigned to Cornell University (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Devices and methods for data communication and sensing" was invented by Robert F. Shepherd (Ithaca, N.Y.), Hyeon Seon An (Ithaca, Ind.), Xu Liu (Ithaca, N.Y.) and Matthew Ryan Daniel (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A data communication device includes a battery having a first flowable electrolyte. In some embodiments, the battery is a redox flow battery (RFB) or a hybrid RFB. A first channel contains the first flowable electrolyte of the battery (i.e., contains at least a portion of the first flowable electrolyte). The first channel may include...