ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,978, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to Novonix Battery Technology Solutions Inc. (Bedford, Canada).

"Microgranulation methods and product particles therefrom" was invented by Mark Obrovac (Halifax, Canada), Lituo Zheng (Halifax, Canada) and Matthew Garayt (Halifax, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Simple, material-efficient microgranulation methods are disclosed for aggregating precursor particles into larger product particles with improved properties and, in some instances, novel structures. The product particles are useful in applications requiring uniform, smooth, spherical, or rounded particles such as for electrode materials...