ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,849, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to OneD Material Inc. (Palo Alto, Calif.).
"Nanostructured materials for battery applications" was invented by Yimin Zhu (Fremont, Calif.), Jay L. Goldman (Mountain View, Calif.), Jason Hartlove (Los Altos, Calif.) and Hans Jurgen Hofler (Sunnyvale, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to nanostructured materials (including nanowires) for use in batteries. Exemplary materials include carbon-comprising, Si-based nanostructures, nanostructured materials disposed on carbon-based substrates, and nanostructures comprising nanoscale scaffolds. The present invention also pr...