ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,720, issued on April 29, was assigned to Iontra Inc (Centennial, Colo.).

"Electrochemical methods, devices and compositions" was invented by Daniel A. Konopka (Denver) and Jason A. Seedig (Castle Rock, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure provides a method comprising inducing a first current between a source of a countercharge and a first electrode, the first current being through an electrolyte. A second current is induced across the first electrode, the second current being transverse to the first current, and the second current inducing a relativistic charge across the first electrode."

The patent was filed on March...