ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,159, issued on July 28, was assigned to SGL CARBON SE (Wiesbaden, Germany).

"Manufacturing of carbon-containing particles" was invented by Christian Schreiner (Meitingen, Germany) and Christian Napholcz (Meitingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a carbon-containing particulate product. A starting material containing a carbonisable precursor material and/or carbon is dispersed in a gas and is conducted through a reaction zone in which at least some of the carbon contained in the product is formed, the gas flowing in a pulsed manner at least in the reaction zone."

The patent was filed on March 24, 20...