ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,231, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to POWERMERS SMART INDUSTRIES INC. (Columbus, Ohio).

"Cathode for metal-air current sources and metal-air current source with such cathode" was invented by Mikhail P. Karushev (St. Petersburg, Russia), Svetlana A. Belous (St. Petersburg, Russia), Tatiana S. Lavrova (St. Petersburg, Russia), Irina A. Chepurnaia (St. Petersburg, Russia), Aleksandr M. Timonov (St. Petersburg, Russia) and Semyon Kogan (Newton, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention is related to a metal-air current source and to its cathode. The cathode includes a base made of porous current-conducting material, permeable fo...