ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,072, issued on July 8, was assigned to Graphenix Development Inc. (Williamsville, N.Y.).

"Multilayer anodes for lithium-based energy storage devices" was invented by John C. Brewer (Rochester, N.Y.), Paul D. Garman (Pittsford, N.Y.), Bernard Philip Gridley (Rochester, N.Y.), Robert G. Anstey (Tonawanda, N.Y.) and Kevin Tanzil (Rochester, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode for an energy storage device may include a current collector. An anode may include a first lithium storage layer overlaying the current collector. An anode may include a first intermediate layer overlaying at least a portion of the first lithium storage lay...