ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,310, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to Sicona Battery Technologies Pty Ltd (North Wollongong, Australia).

"Chemical vapour deposition (CVD) reactor" was invented by John Winter (Glenn Innes, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a CVD reactor, particularly an entrained flow reactor, for preparing particulate materials. The invention also relates to a method of preparing such materials using a CVD reactor, particularly an entrained flow reactor. The invention further relates to electrode materials, electrodes and alkali metal-ion batteries comprising the particulate materials."

The patent was file...