ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,080, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Nickel-rich electroactive materials" was invented by Zhongyi Liu (Troy, Mich.), Mengyuan Chen (Madison Heights, Mich.), Bradley R. Frieberg (Farmington Hills, Mich.), Xiaosong Huang (Novi, Mich.), Ratandeep Singh Kukreja (Auburn Hills, Mich.) and Nicholas Paul William Pieczonka (Windsor, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electroactive material for an electrochemical cell includes one or more oxygen storage material coatings or layers. The electroactive material may include a plurality of electroactive material particles disposed to form an el...