ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,336, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAFT (Levallois Perret, France).

"Electrochemical element and corresponding battery" was invented by Valentin Blonz (Le Bouscat, France) and Alexandre Beugnon (Le Pian Medoc, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This electrochemical cell for a battery, comprises a first electrode of a first polarity, a first terminal of the first polarity, a second electrode of a second polarity, a second terminal of the second polarity, an envelope comprising two walls. The envelope comprises two first edges and two second edges forming an enveloping quadrilateral. The first terminal of the first polarity and...