ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,979, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Gbatteries Energy Canada Inc. (Ottawa).

"Methods and systems for battery formation" was invented by Mykola Sherstyuk (Ottawa), Oleksandr Puzakov (Carp, Canada) and Oleksandr Tkachenko (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are methods, systems, and devices for battery formation. A first set of pulses, having a first frequency, and that carry a net zero charge, are applied to a battery. After the first set of pulses are applied to the battery, a second set of pulses that carry a net positive charge are applied to the battery. The second set of pulses are either applied after expiry of ...