ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,135, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaften e. V. (Munich) and Universitat Stuttgart (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Network of metal fibers, method for producing a network of metal fibers, electrode and battery" was invented by Maximilian Hackner (Uhingen, Germany), Timotheus Jahnke (Bad Waldsee, Germany), Zaklina Burghard (Weil der Stadt, Germany), Alexandre Micoulet (Mannheim, Germany), Joachim P. Spatz (Stuttgart, Germany) and Martin Moller (Aachen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A network of metal fibers includes a plurality of metal fibers fixed to one another; wherein at least ...