ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,367,499, issued on July 22, was assigned to CPS Technology Holdings LLC (New York).

"Battery digital assets, and accountability" was invented by Wyatt Pratt (Rockville, Md.) and John P. Bania (Whitefish Bay, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vehicle battery device comprising a vehicle battery is described. The vehicle battery has a first identifier and a second identifier. The first identifier is publicly ascertainable and associated to a discrete vehicle battery. The first identifier represents the associated vehicle battery to be uniquely distinct from other vehicle batteries. The second identifier is different from the first ident...