ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,326, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Florida State University Research Foundation Inc. (Tallahassee, Fla.).

"High-performance sodium ion electrolytes and efficient methods for making the same" was invented by Bright Ogbolu (Tallahassee, Fla.), Yan-Yan Hu (Tallahassee, Fla.) and Thilina Nadeemali Dik Dikella Gamaralalage (Tallahassee, Fla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In accordance with the purpose(s) of the present disclosure, as embodied and broadly described herein, the disclosure, in one aspect, relates to the efficient and rapid synthesis of high-performance sodium ion electrolytes. The electrolytes have the general formul...