ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,782, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Honeycomb Battery Co. (Dayton, Ohio).

"Prelithiated anode active material particles for lithium-ion batteries and production method" was invented by Yen-Po Lin (Hsinchu City, Taiwan), Yu-Sheng Su (Dayton, Ohio) and Bor Z. Jang (Centerville, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a prelithiated anode active material particle for use in a lithium-ion battery, the particle is capable of reversibly storing lithium ions therein during a charge or discharge of the battery and comprises an amount of lithium from 1% to 100% of a maximum lithium content that can be contained in the anode active...