ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,583, issued on June 17, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates G.K. (Tokyo).

"Battery with improved gas to moisture permeability ratio" was invented by Kotaro Kobayashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a battery comprising a housing. In some embodiments, the housing comprises an opening. In some embodiments, the battery comprises at least one fluoropolymer membrane. In some embodiments, the at least one fluoropolymer membrane covers the opening of the housing. In some embodiments, the at least one fluoropolymer membrane has a crystallinity of 85% to 100%. In some embodiments,...