ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,982, issued on March 4, was assigned to Enevate Corp. (Irvine, Calif.).

"Silicon-based energy storage devices with cyclic organosilicon containing electrolyte additives" was invented by Liwen Ji (Irvine, Calif.) and Benjamin Yong Park (Irvine, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Electrolytes and electrolyte additives for energy storage devices comprising a cyclic organosilicon compound are disclosed. The energy storage device comprises a first electrode and a second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a Si-based electrode, a separator between the first electrode and the second electrod...