ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,344, issued on July 7, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago).

"Electrochemical cells and methods of manufacturing thereof" was invented by Pietro Papa Lopes (Woodridge, Ill.), Timothy Fister (Oak Park, Ill.), Susan J. Babinec (Midland, Mich.) and Vojislav Stamenkovic (Naperville, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical cell includes a housing, a positive electrode substrate disposed within a first electrode chamber of the housing, a negative electrode substrate disposed within a second electrode chamber of the housing, and a separator may be disposed within the housing between the first electrode chamber and th...