ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,589, issued on June 17, was assigned to BENAN ENERGY (Shanghai).

"Bipolar structures for use with electrochemical devices, and associated systems and methods" was invented by Thomas H. Madden (Glastonbury, Conn.), Daryl Ludlow (Lake George, N.Y.), Karl Oleson (Seattle), Honorio Valdes-Espinosa (Seattle), Jian He (Shanghai), XiouRui Hou (Shanghai), David Hurt (Seattle) and Jay Dandrea (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are polymer conductive films for use with electrochemical devices. An exemplary electrochemical device can include an anode, a cathode, and a bipolar structure disposed between the anode and cat...