ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,851, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to President and Fellows of Harvard College (Cambridge, Mass.).

"Method for fabrication of ultra lightweight, high power density lithium ion batteries" was invented by Mihai Duduta (Cambridge, Mass.), David Clarke (Cambridge, Mass.), Robert J. Wood (Cambridge, Mass.) and Sebastien de Rivaz (Cambridge, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus for fabricating a lightweight high power battery. The battery comprises an active structure including an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, and a separator material arranged between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode, a liquid e...