ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,411, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to VoltaXplore Inc. (Montreal).

"Multi-cycle formation methods for secondary battery cells" was invented by Nima Moghimian (Saint Laurent, Canada), Mohammad Mohsen Badv (Montreal), Syed Atif Pervez (Saint-Laurent, Canada), Seyed Milad Madinehei (Montreal) and Soroush Nazarpour (Saint-Laurent, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In some aspects, a method can include applying a charge to a battery at an initial charge rate, the battery including an anode with silicon particles and graphene particles, a cathode, and a separator disposed between the anode and the cathode, the battery having a maximu...