ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,211,987, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Wet mixture, coated lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles, and method of producing lithium ion secondary battery, and wet mixture, coated lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles, and lithium ion secondary battery" was invented by Tomohiro Yokoyama (Toyota, Japan), Ryuta Sugiura (Toyohashi, Japan) and Daisuke Horikawa (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of producing a wet mixture includes a stirring and mixing process in which lithium-containing positive electrode active material particles ...