US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Sept. 1 for "Semiconductor betavoltaic battery with integrated beta emitter" (Virginia, Maryland, Missouri Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,717, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Semiconductor betavoltaic battery with integrated beta emitter" was invented by Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Va.), Marko J. Tadjer (Vienna, Va.), Bernard F. Phlips (Great Falls, Va.), Alan G. Jacobs (Rockville, Md.), John Gahl (Columbia, Mo.) and John D. Brockman (Columbia, Mo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrically inactive betavoltaic battery, an electrically active betavoltaic battery, and methods of making the same are provided. In implementations, a method of making an elec...