ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,719,088, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to INDUSTRY-ACADEMIC COOPERATION FOUNDATION, YONSEI UNIVERSITY (Seoul, South Korea).

"Biphasic electrolyte solution comprising kosmotropic metal salt" was invented by Sang-Young Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Won-Yeong Kim (Seoul, South Korea) and Hong-I Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a biphasic electrolyte solution including: an aqueous electrolyte solution layer including a kosmotropic metal salt and water; and a nonaqueous electrolyte solution layer including a second metal salt and a nonaqueous organic solvent, and the biphasic electrolyte solution may provide a ...