ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,068, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Single-layered reference electrode" was invented by Insun Yoon (Shelby Township, Mich.), Biqiong Wang (Madison Heights, Mich.) and Fang Dai (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reference electrode assembly includes a porous separator and a continuous electroactive material layer disposed on a surface of the porous separator. The electroactive material layer includes between about 20 wt. % and about 80 wt. % of an electroactive material and between about 20 wt. % and about 80 wt. % of an electrically conductive material. A loading density of...