ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,576, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL Corp. (Beijing) and SHANGHAI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, SINOPEC (Shanghai).

"Lithium battery positive electrode material precursor, preparation method therefor and application thereof" was invented by Tongbao Zhang (Shanghai), Biwei Wang (Shanghai), Ye Zhu (Shanghai) and Huanxin Gao (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium battery positive active material precursor, a preparation method therefor and the use thereof are provided. The precursor has a chemical formula of NixCoyMz(OH)2, wherein M is at least one metal selected from the group...