ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,598, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Salient Energy Inc. (Dartmouth, Canada).

"Separators for aqueous zinc-ion cells and batteries, zinc metal batteries, and methods of fabricating a separator for use in a zinc metal battery" was invented by Brian D. Adams (Dartmouth, Canada), Marine B. Cuisinier (Dartmouth, Canada), Susi Jin (Richmond Hill, Canada), John Philip S. Lee (Dartmouth, Canada), Kendal Wilson (Lake Echo, Canada) and Haonan Yu (Halifax, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Separators for zinc metal batteries, zinc metal batteries, and methods of fabricating a separator for use in a zinc metal battery are provided. The...