US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Sept. 15 for "Semiconductor betavoltaic batteries with p-n diodes" (Virginia, Maryland, Florida Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,389, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Semiconductor betavoltaic batteries with p-n diodes" was invented by Marko J. Tadjer (Vienna, Va.), Travis J. Anderson (Gainsesville, Fla.), Francis J. Kub (Arnold, Md.), Alan G. Jacobs (Rockville, Md.) and Karl D. Hobart (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Betavoltaic battery devices and methods of making are presented. In embodiments, an electrically inactive betavoltaic battery device comprises: a p-type semiconductor layer including at least one stable isotope that tr...