US Patent Issued to Syrah Resources on Feb. 3 for "Lithium-ion battery anode material based on spherical natural graphite containing silicates" (American, Australian, Emirati, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,542,274, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Syrah Resources Ltd. (Melbourne, Australia).

"Lithium-ion battery anode material based on spherical natural graphite containing silicates" was invented by Camila de Savio Silva (North Melbourne, Australia), Peter Ian Barnes (Cottesloe, Australia), Jens Berkan (Munich), Joseph Russell Williams (Dubai, United Arab Emirates), Richard V. Chamberlain II (Fairfax Station, Va.), Jay Jie Shi (Acton, Mass.), Tord Per Jens Onnerud (Wilton, Conn.) and Maria Christina Lampe-Onnerud (Wilton, Conn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Materials and novel methods for producing carbon anodes for Li-ion batteries are d...