ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,203, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to CCL LABEL INC. (Framingham, Mass.).

"Solvent-free electrochemical cells with conductive pressure sensitive adhesives attaching current collectors" was invented by Qiang Zheng (Palo Alto, Calif.), Christine Ho (Fremont, Calif.) and Jesse Smithyman (Alameda, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are electrochemical cells and methods of manufacturing these cells. An electrochemical cell comprises a positive electrode and an electrolyte layer, printed over the positive electrode. In some examples, each of the positive electrode, electrolyte layer, and negative electrode comprises an ionic li...