ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,083, issued on June 30, was assigned to NANO ONE MATERIALS CORP. (Burnaby, Canada).

"Method for preparing lithium metal phosphate (LMP) cathode materials" was invented by Lida Hadidi (Burnaby, Canada), Stephen A. Campbell (Burnaby, Canada) and Adam John Seip (Burnaby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved process for forming a lithium metal phosphate cathode material is provided. The process comprises reacting a metal source, a phosphate containing acid such as phosphoric acid, and an organic acid in solvent to form a metal phosphate. A lithium source is added to the solvent and a precipitate is allowed to form. The preci...