ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,615, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to Lyten Inc. (San Jose, Calif.).

"Carbon structure including an electrically conductive material" was invented by Michael W. Stowell (Sunnyvale, Calif.), Bryce H. Anzelmo (Mountain View, Calif.), David Tanner (Yuba City, Calif.), Bruce Lanning (Littleton, Colo.) and Joe Griffith Cruz (San Jose, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composition of matter suitable for usage as a formative material for a lithium-sulfur battery cathode is provided. The composition of matter may include a carbon structure formed by multiple carbon particles interconnected to one another. Each carbon particle may i...