US Patent Issued to President and Fellows of Harvard College on Dec. 30 for "Chelator-in-ionic liquid electrolytes" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,277, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Chelator-in-ionic liquid electrolytes" was invented by Nicola Molinari (Cambridge, Mass.) and Boris Kozinsky (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides electrolyte compositions including a metal cation, an ionic liquid, and a chelator that coordinates the metal cation. The electrolyte compositions are advantageous as they exhibit increased ion transference, and thus increased total conductivity, relative to a pure ionic liquid electrolyte that coordinates the metal cation. The invention provides a general...