ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,921, issued on May 12, was assigned to Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (Daegu, South Korea).

"Carbon electrode for dye-sensitized betavoltaic batteries, betavoltaic battery including the same, and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Su Il In (Daegu, South Korea), Yun Ju Hwang (Seoul, South Korea), Dae Hee Kim (Daegu, South Korea), Young Ho Park (Daegu, South Korea) and Hong Soo Kim (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a betavoltaic battery and a method of manufacturing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a betavoltaic battery cha...