ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,106, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SYENSQO SA (Brussels) and POLITECNICO DI TORINO (Turin, Italy).

"Method for the manufacture of electrodes" was invented by Julio A. Abusleme (Saronno, Italy), Maurizio Biso (Milan), Alberto Frache (Alessandria, Italy), Daniele Battegazzore (Alessandria, Italy) and Francesco Liberale (Pavia, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to an electrode-forming composition, to use of said electrode-forming composition in a process for the manufacture of an electrode, to said electrode and to an electrochemical device comprising said electrode."

The patent was filed on April 2...