ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,207, issued on July 14, was assigned to DONGWOO FINE-CHEM Co. LTD. (Iksan-Si, South Korea).

"Methods for preparing cathode active material precursor material and cathode active material for lithium secondary battery, and cathode active material for lithium secondary battery prepared according to same" was invented by Myung-Jin Kim (Gwangju, South Korea), Ji-Hoon Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Bong-Jin Choi (Chungcheongnam-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides: a method for preparing a cathode active material precursor material by using a high-nickel-content waste lithium secondary battery;...