ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,443,165, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAFT (France) (Paris).

"Micro-service management platform relating to battery management" was invented by Stephane Alaimo (Bordeaux, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a service platform implemented by one or more computers. The platform comprises one or more micro-services, each micro-service having a standardized generic structure comprising: a subservice implementing a business function, a messaging sub-service. The platform also includes a communication system for exchanging data and messages, referred to as unified communication system."

The patent was ...