ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,192, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Group14 Technologies Inc. (Woodinville, Wash.).

"Composites of porous nano-featured silicon materials and carbon materials" was invented by Aaron M. Feaver (Seattle), Leah A. Thompkins (Seattle), Katharine Geramita (Seattle), Benjamin E. Kron (Seattle), Avery J. Sakshaug (Snohomish, Wash.), Sarah Fredrick (Denver), Henry R. Costantino (Woodinville, Wash.), Chad Goodwin (Seattle), Christopher Timmons (Monroe, Wash.), Farshid Afkhami (Lake Stevens, Wash.) and Adam Strong (Lake Forest Park, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composites of porous nano-featured silicon and various materials, such ...