ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,583,758, issued on March 24, was assigned to BASF Corp. (Florham Park, N.J.).

"Processes for delithiating transition metal oxides" was invented by William C. Mays (Southfield, Mich.), Martin Lawrence Panchula (Beachwood, Ohio), Dieter G. Von Deak (Beachwood, Ohio), Benjamin Reichman (West Bloomfield, Mich.) and Diana F. Wong (Sterling Heights, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are processes of removing lithium from an electrochemically active composition. The process of removing lithium from an electrochemically active composition may include providing an electrochemically active composition and combining the electrochemical...