ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,478, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Tesla Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Compositions and methods for dry electrode films including microparticulate non-fibrillizable binders" was invented by Ziying Wang (San Diego), Hieu Minh Duong (Rosemead, Calif.), Yudi Yudi (Alameda, Calif.), Joon Ho Shin (San Diego) and Prince Magsino (San Diego).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein are dry process electrode films, and energy storage devices incorporating the same, including a microparticulate non-fibrillizable binder having certain particle sizes. The electrode films exhibit improved mechanical and processing characteristics. Also provide...