ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,285, issued on March 25, was assigned to ENEVATE Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Control of furnace atmosphere for improving capacity retention of silicon-dominant anode cells" was invented by Ian Browne (Orange, Calif.) and Benjamin Park (Mission Viejo, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for control of furnace atmosphere for improving capacity retention of silicon-dominant anode cells. Furnace atmosphere may be controlled during processing of a silicon-dominated electrode in a furnace, with the processing including pyrolysis of the silicon-dominated electrode, and the controlling including setting or ad...