ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,080, issued on July 28, was assigned to Rivian IP Holdings LLC (Irvine, Calif.).

"Battery cell and components thereof" was invented by Ki Tae Park (Santa Clara, Calif.), Soo Kim (Fremont, Calif.) and Hyuksang Park (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is an apparatus. The apparatus can include a current collector foil. The current collector foil can include a coated area having an electrode coating. The current collector foil can include an uncoated area having an embossed pattern."

The patent was filed on March 29, 2022, under Application No. 17/707,472.

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