ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,360,071, issued on July 15, was assigned to The Texas A&M University System (College Station, Texas).

"Method and system for simultaneous mechanical and electrochemical testing of electrodes" was invented by Dimitrios Loufakis (College Station, Texas), James G. Boyd (Brenham, Texas), Jodie Lutkenhaus (College Station, Texas) and Dimitris C. Lagoudas (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mechanical and electrochemical testing apparatus includes a tensile frame having a first grip and a second grip. An electrochemical cell is disposed between the first grip and the second grip. The electrochemical cell includes a working...