ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,033, issued on July 21, was assigned to NICHIA Corp. (Anan, Japan).

"Positive electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery and method of manufacturing the positive electrode material for lithium ion secondary battery" was invented by Hayato Ishibashi (Anan, Japan), Kenichi Kobayashi (Tokushima, Japan), Kento Isai (Anan, Japan), Kenta Kawai (Tokushima, Japan) and Koichi Sumiwaka (Anan, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a positive electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery includes: firing a mixture containing a lithium compound, a nickel-containing complex compound, and a molybdenum com...