ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,245,506, issued on March 4, was assigned to The Texas A&M University System (College Station, Texas).

"Hydro-electrochemical power generators and associated methods" was invented by Choongho Yu (College Station, Texas) and Yufan Zhang (College Station, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydro-electrochemical power generator includes an interlayer having a first end and a second end opposite the first end, a first electrode in contact with the first end of the interlayer, wherein the first electrode includes a first material that is a corrodible metallic material, a second electrode in contact with the second end of the interlayer, wh...