ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,533, issued on May 19, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method for producing lithium transition metal complex oxide" was invented by Daisuke Katou (Kyoto Fu, Japan), Takuya Jin (Osaka Fu, Japan), Mitsuru Iwai (Osaka Fu, Japan) and Tomoo Takayama (Osaka Fu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for producing a lithium-transition metal composite oxide, including steps of preparing a mixture including a lithium-containing compound and a transition metal compound; obtaining a molded body of the mixture; and sintering the molded bodies in a container having at least one vent hole,...