ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,631, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Korea Institute of Science and Technology (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of producing lithium sulfide without using hydrogen sulfide gas" was invented by Mun Seok Chae (Busan, South Korea), Hong Seok Min (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sang Heon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sang Soo Lee (Goyang-si, South Korea), Ho Cheol Shin (Seoul, South Korea), Wo Dum Jung (Seoul, South Korea), In Woo Song (Gwacheon-si, South Korea), So Young Kim (Jeongeup-si, South Korea) and Young Whan Cho (Seongbuk-gu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark O...