Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling And Upcycling Via Purification And Regeneration Integrated Materials Engineering (PRIME)' Filed by The Regents Of The University Of California

MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517057702 A) filed by The Regents Of The University Of California, Oakland, U.S.A., on June 16, for 'lithium-ion battery recycling and upcycling via purification and regeneration integrated materials engineering (prime).'

Inventor(s) include Chen, Zheng; Li, Weikang; and Gupta, Varun.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A process for direct recycling of Li-ion battery cathode material includes hydrothermally treating cathode black mass (CBM) in an alkaline solution to decompose polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and remove electrolyte s...