ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,324, issued on July 29, was assigned to Tokai Carbon Korea Co. Ltd. (South Korea).

"Carbon-silicon composite and preparation method therefor" was invented by Seok Min Kang (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a carbon-silicon composite and a preparation method therefor. An aspect of the present invention provides a carbon-silicon composite comprising: a core including a carbon material and silicon particles; and a shell which is formed on the surface of the core and includes amorphous carbon, wherein the silicon particles are uniformly distributed from the center to the surface of ...