ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,682, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany) and KARLSRUHER INSTITUT FUR TECHNOLOGIE (Karlsruhe, Germany).

"Process for making an electrode active material, and electrode active material" was invented by Matteo Bianchini (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Pascal Hartmann (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Torsten Brezesinski (Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany), David Kitsche (Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany) and Jurgen Janek (GieBen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Process for making an electrode active material wherein said process comprises the following steps: (a) Providing a hydroxide TM...