ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,840, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Mag IA Inc. (Austin, Texas).

"Automatic high precision battery material assessment system" was invented by Jongwook Mah (Austin, Texas), Soyeon Choo (Cheongju-si, South Korea), Donghwan Mah (Austin, Texas) and Kwangwoo Park (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Apparatus and associated methods relate to evaluating impurity content in battery materials. In an illustrative example, a battery material impurity assessment system (BMIAS) may include a slurry mixing system and an impurity extraction system (IES). The slurry mixing system, for example, may include a motor configured...