ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,982, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Siemens AG (Munich).

"Methods and systems for determining a capacity loss of a battery storage device" was invented by Arno Arzberger (Stegaurach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Various embodiments of the teachings herein include a method for ascertaining at least one average capacity loss of a battery storage device. The method may include: measuring at least two load cycles of the battery storage device using a high precision coulometry apparatus; determining a first charge displacement and a second charge displacement; determining a capacity loss equal to the difference between the fir...