ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,618, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SILA NANOTECHNOLOGIES INC. (Alameda, Calif.).

"Electrolytes for lithium-ion battery cells with volume-changing anode particles" was invented by Kostiantyn Turcheniuk (Oakland, Calif.), William Gent (San Francisco), Gleb Yushin (Atlanta), Xiujun Yue (Redwood City, Calif.), Viacheslav Iablokov (Alameda, Calif.), Katherine Harry (San Francisco), Natasha Teran (San Leandro, Calif.), Judith Kim (San Leandro, Calif.), Fezzeh Pouraghajansarhamami (Alameda, Calif.) and Mikito Nagata (San JoseC, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium-ion battery electrolyte includes LiPF6 and an organic compound ...