ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,257, issued on July 14, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Electrochemical battery cell including a conductive layer and method of making the same" was invented by Seung-Woo Chu (Clawson, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making a battery cell includes: disposing an electrode assembly within a battery can; assembling a top cap assembly to the battery can to form a battery cell having at least a first filling hole and a second filling hole; disposing a first portion of a liquid solution within the battery cell via the first filling hole, the liquid solution including an organic solvent, a c...