ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,911, issued on April 29, was assigned to VICTORIA LINK Ltd. (Kelburn, New Zealand).

"Electrolyte compositions" was invented by Rohan Borah (Shortland, Australia), Thomas Nann (Cooks Hill, Australia) and Fraser Ross Hughson (Thorndon, New Zealand).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are electrolyte compositions for electrochemical devices, where the electrolyte compositions comprise a microemulsion and where the microemulsion comprises an aqueous phase and a water-immiscible phase. Also disclosed are microemulsion electrolyte compositions for electrically rechargeable electrochemical energy storage devices, including ion batteries ...