ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,312,374, issued on May 27, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Lithium conducting carbon phosphonitrides from substituted cyanophosphine" was invented by Brian L. Chaloux (Washington), Andrew P. Purdy (Washington) and Albert Epshteyn (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Cyanophosphines other than P(CN)3 react with lithium dicyanamide to produce lithiated carbon phosphonitrides with mobile Li+ ions."

The patent was filed on Sept. 25, 2023, under Application No. 18/372,210.

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