ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,108, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to QINETIQ Ltd. (Hampshire, Great Britain).

"Electrochemical methods and materials" was invented by Max William Angus Reid (Chelmsford, Great Britain) and Charles John Michael Footer (Farnborough, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of forming a precursor substance for forming an electrode of an electrochemical cell. The method comprises providing particles of an electrode-forming material and coating the particles with an inert material to form coated particles. The inert material is inert with respect to the electrode-forming material. The coated particles are mixed with a liquid...