ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,027, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Lyten Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Plasticizer-inclusive polymeric-inorganic hybrid layer for a lithium anode in a lithium-sulfur battery" was invented by You Li (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Jesse Baucom (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Elena Rogojina (San Jose, Calif.), Chandra B. KC (San Jose, Calif.), Jingning Shan (San Jose, Calif.), Jerzy Gazda (Austin, Texas) and Ratnakumar Bugga (Arcadia, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium-sulfur battery including an anode structure, a cathode, a separator, and an electrolyte is provided. A protective layer may form within the anode structure responsive to opera...