ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,843, issued on April 29, was assigned to SPECIALTY OPERATIONS FRANCE (Lyons, France), LE CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and UNIVERSITE DE PICARDIE JULES VERNE (Amiens, France).

"Method for the preparation of a Li-P-S product and corresponding products" was invented by Marc-David Braida (Bry-sur-Marne, France), Omer Ulas Kudu (Amiens, France), Christian Masquelier (Boves, France), Thierry Le Mercier (Rosny-sous-Bois, France) and Benoit Fleutot (Boucherville, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention concerns a new method for the preparation of a Li-P-S product, as well as the products obtainable ...