ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,067, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Graphenix Development Inc. (Williamsville, N.Y.).

"Anodes for lithium-based energy storage devices" was invented by Alexander J. Warren (Lake View, N.Y.), Peter G. Symons (Buffalo, N.Y.), John C. Brewer (Rochester, N.Y.), Kyle P. Povlock (Fairport, N.Y.), Kevin Tanzil (Rochester, N.Y.), Robert G. Anstey (Tonawanda, N.Y.) and Paul D. Garman (Westerville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode for an energy storage device includes a current collector having an electrically conductive layer and a surface layer overlaying the electrically conductive layer. A lithium storage layer may overlay ...