ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,014, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to The Regents of the University of Colorado (Denver).
"Thin film coatings on mixed metal oxides" was invented by Alan W. Weimer (Niwot, Colo.) and Amanda Hoskins (Broomfield, Colo.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to lithiated mixed metal compositions having ultrathin film coatings of varying thicknesses on lithium ion sites and on metal oxide sites, wherein the thickness of the ultrathin film at least partially covering the metal oxide sites is greater than the thickness of the ultrathin film at least partially covering the lithium ion sites. Also disclosed is a method for fo...