ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,438, issued on May 13, was assigned to Ojai Energetics PBC (Ojai, Calif.).

"Systems and methods for storing electrical energy" was invented by William Kleidon (Ojai, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides capacitors for storing electrical energy. The capacitors can comprise, at least in part, bast fiber, bast powder, hurd fiber, hurd powder, or a derivative thereof. In some instances, a dielectric of a capacitor can be formed of bast fiber, bast powder, hurd fiber, hurd powder, or a derivative thereof. In other instances, one or both electrodes of the capacitor can be formed of bast fiber, bast powder, ...