ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,014, issued on March 4, was assigned to Honeycomb Battery Co. (Dayton, Ohio).

"Method of producing graphene-carbon hybrid foam-protected anode active material coating for lithium-ion batteries" was invented by Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is method of producing a porous anode material structure for a lithium-ion battery, the method comprising (A) providing an integral 3D graphene-carbon hybrid foam comprising multiple pores, having a pore volume Vp, and pore walls; and (B) impregnating or infiltrating the pores with a fluid for forming a coating of an anode active material, having a coating v...