US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on April 22 for "Protective sulfide coatings on silver electrodes for electrochemical devices" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,694, issued on April 22, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Protective sulfide coatings on silver electrodes for electrochemical devices" was invented by Ryan H. DeBlock (Alexandria, Va.), Jeffrey W. Long (Alexandria, Va.) and Debra R. Rolison (Arlington, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a porous substrate having silver and optionally silver oxide and a silver sulfide coating. Also disclosed herein is a battery having a cathode, an anode, and a separator between the cathode and the anode. The cathode includes a substrate h...