ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,370, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to NEXEON Ltd. (Abingdon, Great Britain).
"Process for the preparation of silicon-containing composite particles" was invented by Jose Medrano Catalan (Oxford, Great Britain) and Markus Andersson (Oxford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for preparing composite particles, the process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a plurality of porous particles in a pressure reactor; (b) contacting the plurality of porous particles with a silicon precursor gas at conditions effective to cause deposition of silicon in the pores of the porous particles to provi...