ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,750, issued on March 24, was assigned to MOLECULAR REBAR DESIGN LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Lithium ion battery using high surface area nanotubes" was invented by Malcolm Francis Finlayson (Houston), Clive P. Bosnyak (Dripping Springs, Texas), Jerzy Gazda (Austin, Texas), Vinay Bhat (Austin, Texas), Nancy Henderson (Austin, Texas) and Emily Barton Cole (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High-surface area carbon nanotubes having targeted, or selective, oxidation levels and/or content on the interior and exterior of the tube walls are claimed. Such carbon nanotubes can have little to no inner tube surface oxidation, or differing ...