ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,346, issued on July 29, was assigned to FARADION Ltd. (South Yorkshire, Great Britain).

"O3/P2 mixed phase sodium-containing doped layered oxide materials" was invented by Jeremy Barker (Chipping Norton, Great Britain) and Richard Heap (Abingdon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to O3/P2 mixed-phase sodium-containing doped layered oxide materials which comprise a mixture of a first phase with an O3-type structure and a second phase with a P2-type structure; wherein the O3:P2 mixed-phase sodium-containing doped layered oxide material has the general formula: NaaAbM1c M2 M3eM4f M5 O2plus-minusDelta. Th...