US Patent Issued to DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS on Aug. 25 for "Phosphate based surfactants for alkaline battery anode" (Connecticut Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,049, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to DURACELL U.S. OPERATIONS INC. (Wilmington, Del.).

"Phosphate based surfactants for alkaline battery anode" was invented by David Lloyd Anglin (Brookfield, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode composition, an alkali battery, a method of making a battery anode, and a method of making a battery, wherein the anode comprises a zinc or zinc alloy and a surfactant of formula (I): wherein R1 is selected from aryl and C1-C12 alkyl; x is an integer from 2 to 30; n is an integer from 2 to 6; and y is 1 or 2."

The patent was filed on June 5, 2023, under Application No. 18/329,566.

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