ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,516, issued on May 19, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Process for making a doped cathode active material" was invented by Christoph Erk (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Heino Sommer (Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany), Kathrin Michel (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Frank Rauscher (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Nils-Olof Joachim Born (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Wolfgang Rohde (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Carsten Sueling (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Birgit Gerke (Ludwigshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a process for the manufacture of a fluoride doped cathode active material, where said process includes t...