ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,236, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Rolled-Ribbon Battery Co. LLC (Austin, Texas).

"Electrochemical device having spiral wound electrodes" was invented by Joel Ernest Sandahl (Dripping Springs, Texas), William Joel Starling (Austin, Texas), David Aaron Kaplin (Kyle, Texas) and Erik Lee (Cedar Park, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical device having a roll with elongated electrodes each supported in one of two alternating folds of a separator layer, and spirally wound in the roll with the separator layer to define two opposing ends, each of such ends only exposing a different one of the electrodes wound along the ...