ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,876, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to South 8 Technologies Inc. (San Diego).

"Apparatus for dispensing liquefied gas electrolyte" was invented by James Royer (San Diego) and Cyrus Rustomji (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is an apparatus that transfers liquefied gas electrolyte (LGE) to electrochemical cells without the need for a temperature differential and without inducing an LGE phase change. The LGE comprises a liquefied gas solvent having a vapor pressure above 100 kPa at a temperature of 293.15 K and a salt. The apparatus utilizes a constant pressure cylinder to transfer LGE entirely in the liquid phase to...