ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,687, issued on April 22, was assigned to GM Global Technology Operations LLC (Detroit).

"Method for fabricating wide and continuous double-sided lithium metal anodes" was invented by Wai Ping Gloria Tam (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for fabricating wide and continuous double-sided lithium metal anodes includes thermally evaporating lithium to form first and second continuous lithium layers on respective first and second continuous polymer substrates, so as to form respective first and second continuous lithium/polymer sheets. The first and second continuous lithium/polymer sheets are laminated onto respective to...