ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,082, issued on June 30, was assigned to Nexeon Ltd. (Oxfordshire, Great Britain).

"Electroactive materials for metal-ion batteries" was invented by Charles A. Mason (Oxford, Great Britain), Richard Gregory Taylor (Penarth, Great Britain), James Farrell (Oxford, Great Britain) and William James Macklin (Wantage, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention relates to particulate electroactive materials comprising a plurality of composite particles, wherein the composite particles comprise: (a) a porous carbon framework including micropores and/or mesopores having a total volume of at least 0.7 cm3/g, wherein at least ha...