ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,201, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LICAP TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Sacramento, Calif.).

"Dry electrode manufacture with lubricated active material mixture" was invented by Linda Zhong (Sacramento, Calif.), Erika Shaw (Sacramento, Calif.) and Bae Kyun Kim (Sacramento, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a free-standing electrode film includes preparing a mixture including an electrode active material, a binder, and an additive solution or conductive paste, the additive solution or conductive paste being in an amount less than 5% by weight of the mixture and including a polymer additive and a liquid carrier, as ...