ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,900, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Systems and methods for assessing reference electrode assemblies for electrochemical cells" was invented by Biqiong Wang (Madison Heights, Mich.), Insun Yoon (Troy, Mich.), Fang Dai (Troy, Mich.) and Mark W. Verbrugge (Troy, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for assessing a characteristic of a reference electrode assembly for an electrochemical cell that cycle lithium ions includes a controller and a test cell assembly. The test cell assembly includes a metal case electrically coupled to the controller and a test cell disposed within t...