ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,817, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BYD Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Lithium ion battery positive electrode material, preparation method therefor, and lithium ion battery" was invented by Zongwei Yi (Shenzhen, China), Jinghua Chen (Shenzhen, China) and Wenyu Cao (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium ion battery positive electrode material includes ternary material particles. The ternary material particles are of spherical structures. The spherical structures include petal-like lamella units, and the petal-like lamella units meet at least one of following conditions: the lamella thickness of the petal-like lame...