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(88) Date of publication A3: 25.07.2019 (43) Date of publication: 09.09.2020 Bulletin 2020/37 (21) Application number: 18873576.5 (22) Date of filing: 30.10.2018

(51) International Patent Classification (IPC):  H01M 4/04(2006.01) H01M 12/08(2006.01) H01M 4/42(2006.01) H01M 4/134(2010.01) H01M 12/06(2006.01) H01M 4/06(2006.01) H01M 4/94(2006.01) H01M 4/02(2006.01) (86) International application number: PCT/US2018/058096 (87) International publication number: WO 2019/089505 (09.05.2019 Gazette 2019/19)

(84) Designated Contracting States: AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR Designated Extension States: BA ME Designated Validation States: KH MA MD TN (30) Priority: 30.10.2017 US 201715797181 (71) Applicant: The Government Of The United States Of America As The Secretary of The Navy Arlington, VA 22203 (US)	(72) Inventors: ROLISON, Debra R. Arlington VA 22203 (US) PARKER, Joseph F. Riva MD 20001 (US) LONG, Jeffrey W. Alexandria VA 22306 (US) KO, Jesse S. Bethesda MD 20814 (US) (74) Representative: Houghton, Mark Phillip  Patent Outsourcing Limited 1 King Street Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1DZ Bakewell, Derbyshire DE45 1DZ (GB)