ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,896, issued on Nov. 25.

"Flow-through electrochemical cell electrode with permeable membrane" was invented by Paul Lincoln Sinclair (Austin, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a porous electrode for a flow-through rechargeable electrochemical cell including a high-porosity metal current collector, an active material surrounding the metal current collector, and a self-supporting synthetic membrane material surrounding the active material. The present disclosure further includes a flow-through rechargeable battery including multiple electrochemical cells, a closed loop, and a pump."

The patent was fil...