ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,701,842, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Multi-ink layered printed electrode for wrap around electrodes" was invented by Sean Matthew Garner (Elmira, N.Y.), Sijan Khan (Ithaca, N.Y.), Richard Curwood Peterson (Elmira Heights, N.Y.), Lu Zhang (Taipei, Taiwan) and Ying Zheng (Horseheads, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In the present invention, metal nanoparticles are obtained by subjecting a composition for manufacturing metal nanoparticles to a thermal reaction, the composition including (A) a metal oxalate, (B) an amine compound, and (C) a hydroxy fatty acid. The metal nanoparticles are readily disper...