ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,576,379, issued on March 17, was assigned to Epsilon Advanced Materials PVT Ltd (Mumbai, India).

"Apparatus and method for preparation of negative electrode material" was invented by Chinnasamy Natarajan (Mumbai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides an apparatus and method for preparation of negative electrode material using length-wise graphitization of carbon. The apparatus includes one or more graphite boxes, configured to store powdered coke. The one or more graphite boxes are enabled to be accommodated inside a refractory, encapsulated by a cooling jacket configured to regulate surface temperature of...