ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,194, issued on March 17, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Method for forming positive electrode active material" was invented by Yohei Momma (Isehara, Japan), Teruaki Ochiai (Atsugi, Japan), Mayumi Mikami (Atsugi, Japan), Jo Saito (Atsugi, Japan) and Masahiro Takahashi (Atsugi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming a positive electrode active material of a lithium ion secondary battery is provided. The method for forming a positive electrode active material includes a first step of placing a first container in which a mixture of a lithium oxide, a fluoride, and a magnesiu...