ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,654, issued on April 22, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH-OF THE COMMONWEALTH SYSTEM OF HIGHER EDUCATION (Pittsburgh).

"Cathodes and electrolytes for rechargeable magnesium batteries and methods of manufacture" was invented by Prashant N. Kumta (Pittsburgh), Partha Saha (Pittsburgh), Moni Kanchan Datta (Pittsburgh) and Ayyakkannu Manivannan (Morgantown, W.va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to Chevrel-phase materials and methods of preparing these materials utilizing a precursor approach. The Chevrel-phase materials are useful in assembling electrodes, e.g., cathodes, for use in electrochemical cells, such...