US Patent Issued to President and Fellows of Harvard College on June 24 for "3D printed battery and method of 3D printing a battery" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,526, issued on June 24, was assigned to President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.).

"3D printed battery and method of 3D printing a battery" was invented by Teng-Sing Wei (Santa Clara, Calif.) and Jennifer A. Lewis (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of 3D printing a battery includes extruding a first electrode ink formulation through a first deposition nozzle moving relative to a substrate, and depositing one or more continuous filaments comprising the first electrode ink formulation on the substrate to print a first electrode. A separator ink formulation is extruded through a second deposition...