ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,997, issued on March 31, was assigned to JIANGXI GANFENG LITHIUM INDUSTRY Co. LTD. (Xinyu, China).

"Method for preparing lithium sulfide by using metallic lithium" was invented by Liangbin Li (Xinyu, China), Cui Liao (Xinyu, China), Zhifang Pan (Xinyu, China), Ming Ye (Xinyu, China), Zhihua Hu (Xinyu, China), Jianyong Zhang (Xinyu, China), Bin Hu (Xinyu, China), Maonv Liao (Xinyu, China), Zhong Hu (Xinyu, China) and Xiaokang Liu (Xinyu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing lithium sulfide by using metallic lithium includes steps A-D. The step A includes placing 0.05-0.1 kg of the metallic lithium and a first s...