ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,451,488, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to INSTITUTT FOR ENERGITEKNIKK (Kjeller, Norway).

"Method for producing a silicon nitride powder and battery comprising the powder" was invented by Martin Kirkengen (Oslo, Norway), Asbjorn Ulvestad (Kjeller, Norway), Hanne F Andersen (Kjeller, Norway), Werner Filtvedt (Tomter, Norway), Arve Holt (Leirsund, Norway), Hallgeir Klette (Kjeller, Norway), Trygve Mongstad (Kjeller, Norway), Jan Petter Maehlen (Kjeller, Norway), Ornulf Nordseth (Kjeller, Norway) and Thomas Preston (Kjeller, Norway).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Method for producing a powder comprising particles (26) comprising amorphous, ...