ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,613, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to CPC CORPORATION, TAIWAN (Kaohsiung, Taiwan).
"Method for making a carbon material for anode and lithium-ion rechargeable battery" was invented by Yan-Shi Chen (Chiayi, Taiwan) and Guo-Hsu Lu (Chiayi, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for making a carbon material for an anode of a lithium-ion secondary battery includes a sequence of: a) heating a heavy hydrocarbon oil to obtain a green coke, b) heating the green coke to form a carbon-containing material, c) grinding the carbon-containing material into a powder, and collecting a portion of the powder, d) heating the portion of the po...