ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,650, issued on April 15, was assigned to NEMASKA LITHIUM INC. (Montreal, Canada).

"Processes for preparing hydroxides and oxides of various metals and derivatives thereof" was invented by Thomas Bibienne (Montreal, Canada), Nicolas Laroche (Pont-Rouge, Canada), Jean-Francois Magnan (Neuville, Canada), Guy Bourassa (Quebec, Canada), Mathieu Charbonneau (Montreal, Canada), Mickael Dolle (Outremont, Canada) and David Deak (Montreal, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There are provided processes for preparing a metal hydroxide comprising (i) at least one metal chosen from nickel and cobalt and optionally (ii) at least one metal chosen...