ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,160, issued on July 14, was assigned to BEIJING EASPRING MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Olivine composite cathode material, preparation method and application thereof, and lithium-ion battery" was invented by Zongpu Shao (Beijing), Yafei Liu (Beijing) and Yanbin Chen (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an olivine composite cathode material, a preparation method, and a lithium-ion battery. The composite cathode material includes a matrix and a composite phase. The matrix has a composition represented by formula I: LixM1yMnzFe1-z-uM2u(PO4)w (ROa)b Cv, where 0.5less than equal toxgreater than1.3, 0less than eq...