US Patent Issued to U.S. Silica on May 13 for "Methods and apparatus for producing nanometer scale particles for energy storage materials utilizing an electrosterically stabilized slurry in a media mill" (Maryland, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,802, issued on May 13, was assigned to U.S. Silica Co. (Katy, Texas).

"Methods and apparatus for producing nanometer scale particles for energy storage materials utilizing an electrosterically stabilized slurry in a media mill" was invented by Ramanan Pitchumani (Hagerstown, Md.), William Richard Wells (Hancock, Md.) and David Earl Weller Jr. (Greencastle, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods and apparatus for producing nanometer scale particles for electrochemical materials utilizing an electrosterically stabilized slurry in a media mill. The method includes adding to a media mill a feed substrate suspensi...