ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,132, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to Novonix Battery Technology Solutions Inc. (Bedford, Canada).

"Lithium transition metal oxide and precursor particulates and methods" was invented by Lituo Zheng (Halifax, Canada) and Mark Obrovac (Halifax, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Improved methods for preparing lithium transition metal oxide particulate such as lithium nickel metal cobalt oxide ("NMC") for use in lithium batteries and other applications are disclosed. The lithium transition metal oxide particulate is prepared from appropriate transition metal oxide and Li compound precursors mainly using dry, solid state processes in...