US Patent Issued to UMICORE, UMICORE KOREA on May 6 for "As a positive electrode active material for rechargeable lithium ion batteries" (South Korean, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,078, issued on May 6, was assigned to UMICORE (Brussels) and UMICORE KOREA LTD. (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

"As a positive electrode active material for rechargeable lithium ion batteries" was invented by Shinichi Kumakura (Tokyo), TaeHyeon Yang (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Jens Paulsen (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea), Maxime Blangero (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea) and Elsye Agustina (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positive electrode active material powder suitable for lithium-ion batteries, comprising lithium transition metal-based oxide particles comprising a core and a surface layer, ...