ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,143, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Anode material and method for producing the same" was invented by Yuhki Yui (Zama, Japan) and Hideyuki Yamamura (Susono, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide an anode material configured to increase the reversible capacity of lithium ion secondary batteries, and a method for producing the anode material. The anode material is an anode material for lithium ion secondary batteries, comprising a P element and a C element and being in an amorphous state."

The patent was filed on April 27, 2023, under Application No. 18/140,398.

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