US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on May 5 for "Synthesis of lithium-rich iron sulfides by chemical lithation" (Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,617,680, issued on May 5, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Synthesis of lithium-rich iron sulfides by chemical lithation" was invented by Ryan H. DeBlock (Alexandria, Va.), Jeffrey W. Long (Alexandria, Va.), Hunter O. Ford (Falls Church, Va.), Debra R. Rolison (Arlington, Va.) and Brian L. Chaloux (Alexandria, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a method of: providing a polyaromatic hydrocarbon-M adduct solution and reacting the adduct with a sulfide compound having the formula NixFe1-xS2 to form a product having the formula MyN...