ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,296, issued on April 21, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Method for reducing non-uniform electrode coating degradation and battery cells comprising the same" was invented by Taylor R. Garrick (Bloomfield Hills, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of reducing non-uniform degradation in a battery cell comprising: determining a likely temperature distribution for the battery cell; determining a temperature profile of the battery cell; calculating an electrochemical reaction rate in the battery cell; determining at least one non-uniformity in the electrochemical reaction rate; inducing a non-uni...