ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,478, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Nexeon Ltd. (Abingdon, Great Britain).

"Electroactive materials for use in metal-ion batteries" was invented by Charles A. Mason (Abingdon, Great Britain), Richard Gregory Taylor (Penarth, Great Britain), Joshua Whittam (Faringdon, Great Britain), Limunga Silo Meoto (Abingdon, Great Britain) and Mauro Chiacchia (Abingdon, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to particulate electroactive materials consisting of a plurality of composite particles, wherein the composite particles comprise: (a) a porous conductive particle framework including micropores and/or mesopores...