ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,068, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Gelion Technologies Pty Ltd (Eveleigh, Australia).

"Electrode production process" was invented by Jacob Locke (Abingdon, Great Britain), Jokin Rikarte (Abingdon, Great Britain) and Marco Carboni (Abingdon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming at least one alkali metal or alkaline earth metal electrode, said method comprising: a) providing a metal foil; b) cutting the metal foil to form at least one electrode; c) placing an electrode on a carrier; d) applying one or more protection layers to one or both sides of the electrode; and e) removing the electrode from the c...