ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,152, issued on July 22, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Compound and method for producing lithium-containing film" was invented by Christian Dussarrat (Tokyo), Vincent Duplan (Yokohama, Japan) and Yumi Ikeda (Ota-ku, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a compound having a low melting point, enhanced volatility, and excellent thermal stability, and a method for producing a lithium-containing film. The compound is represented by the following formula (1).(In the formula (1), A is a nitrogen atom, a phosphorus atom, a boron...