ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,268, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to UNIVERSITY PUBLIC CORPORATION OSAKA (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrochemical device and method of producing the same" was invented by Shiho Tokonami (Sakai, Japan) and Takuya Iida (Sakai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides an electrochemical device utilizing microorganisms and capable of outputting sufficient power in a short time after boot-up, by means of an electrochemical device comprising a first electrode comprising a surface layer portion having at least one pore with an opening, wherein the pore has a conductive section at least on an inner face thereof, the fir...