ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,812, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to NINGDE AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY Ltd. (Ningde, China).

"Anode material, electrochemical device and electronic device including the same" was invented by Zhihuan Chen (Ningde, China), Daoyi Jiang (Ningde, China), Hang Cui (Ningde, China) and Yuansen Xie (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode material includes silicon-containing particles including a silicon composite substrate and an oxide MeOy layer, wherein the oxide MeOy layer is coated on at least a portion of the silicon composite substrate, wherein Me includes at least one of Al, Si, Ti, Mn, V, Cr, Co or Zr, and y is 0.5 to 3; and...