ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,146, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to PANASONIC ENERGY Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for producing lithium-nickel complex oxide" was invented by Tomoki Ikeda (Tokushima, Japan) and Yasunobu Kawamoto (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a lithium-nickel complex oxide according to an aspect of the present disclosure comprises: a filling step for filling a firing container with a Ni-containing metal compound and a Li compound to obtain a filling material including the Ni-containing metal compound and the Li compound; and a firing step for firing the filling material that fills the firing container, wh...