ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,907, issued on May 27, was assigned to CALIX LTD (New South Wales, Australia).

"Rechargeable battery and catalyst materials and the means of production thereof" was invented by Mark Sceats (New South Wales, Australia), Philip Hodgson (New South Wales, Australia) and Khokan Kanti Majumder (Vic, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for producing a cathode or anode material adapted for use in the manufacture of fast rechargeable ion batteries. The process may include the steps of selecting a precursor material; grinding the precursor material to produce a powder; calcining the precursor powder, processing the hot precursor...