ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,295, issued on March 18, was assigned to Sion Power Corp. (Tucson, Ariz.).

"Electrochemical devices and related articles, components, configurations, and methods" was invented by Michael G. Laramie (Tucson, Ariz.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Articles containing electrodes and current collectors arranged such that at least one electrode can be electronically isolated from other components of the article and/or an electrochemical device, and associated systems and methods, are provided. In some cases, the articles contain substrates for which a change in volume of the substrate causes at least one electrode to become electronically ...