ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,961, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to Zelos Energy Ltd. (San Leandro, Calif.).
"Alkaline battery assembled in a discharged state and a method of producing battery electrode materials" was invented by Pavel Khokhlov (San Ramon, Calif.) and Alexander Gorer (Brisbane, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one embodiment, a battery cell can include a cathode including at least one of MnO or Mn(OH)2. The battery can also include an anode including at least one of ZnO or Zn(OH)2 and an electrolyte. The battery cell can be a rechargeable battery cell with total capacity before first charge or discharge of less than 30% of total capacity ...