Patents Examined by Mark Kopec
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Patent number: 12733400Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plurality of host materials comprising a first host material having a compound represented by formula 1, and a second host material having a compound represented by formula 2, and an organic electroluminescent device comprising the same. By comprising a specific combination of compounds of the present disclosure as host materials, it is possible to provide an organic electroluminescent device having long lifetime properties while having an equivalent or improved level of power efficiency compared to conventional organic electroluminescent devices.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2022Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: DuPont Specialty Materials Korea Ltd.Inventors: Bitnari Kim, Doo-Hyeon Moon, Su-Hyun Lee, Du-Yong Park, So-Young Jung, Hae-Yeon Kim, Sang-Hee Cho
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Patent number: 12729284Abstract: The invention relates to an organic peroxide formulation comprising: —at least one organic peroxide having a one hour half-life temperature of from 90° C. to 130° C., and —at least one drying oil, wherein the weight ratio of the drying oil to the organic peroxide is lower than or equal to 0.60. The invention also relates to a composition comprising at least one polymer and such an organic peroxide formulation, to preparation methods thereof, and to a method for manufacturing an article using such a composition.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2023Date of Patent: September 8, 2026Assignee: Arkema FranceInventors: Frank Fang Gang, Leonard Palys, Jean-Pierre Disson, Long Chen
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Patent number: 12725788Abstract: In a composite positive electrode active material including a lithium metal oxide as a positive electrode active material and a covering layer covering at least part of a surface of the positive electrode active material, the covering layer contains an Li element, a B element, and an O element, a molar ratio Li/B of the Li element to the B element in the covering layer is 1.5 to 3.0, and a coverage rate of the covering layer covering the positive electrode active material is 80% or more.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2022Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Hideaki Watanabe
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Patent number: 12725798Abstract: A positive electrode active material having a composition represented by LixNiaCobMncMdO2, wherein, when an inner region, which extends 70% of a diameter from a center of a particle of the positive electrode active material, in a TEM-EDX image of a cross-section of the particle is sectioned into square regions of 10 nm, a proportion of regions at which a concentration of an element represented by M is greater than or equal to 10 mass %, with respect to all regions, is greater than or equal to 1.0%, and in the composition, 0.1?x?1.5, 0.5?a?1.0, 0?b?0.3, 0?c?0.3, a+b+c=1.0, 0.0005?d?0.05, and M represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Ta, Al, Ba, Pr, La, Y, Sr, Ce, Se, Hf, Rh and Zr.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2024Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryosuke Ohsawa, Takahiko Ninomiya, Taku Kinoshita
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Patent number: 12725785Abstract: A modified silicon-carbon negative electrode material, a preparation method therefor, and an application thereof are disclosed. A method includes mixing a silicon-carbon negative electrode material with a lithium alkoxide solution to carry out a solvothermal reaction. The solid powder obtained after the solvothermal reaction is alcohol washed. The powder is dried to obtain the modified silicon-carbon negative electrode material. The lithium alkoxide solution is formed by mixing metallic lithium with an alcohol solvent.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2021Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: HENGDIAN GROUP DMEGC MAGNETICS CO., LTDInventors: Hailiang Ren, Guoguang Wang, Yiyao Han, Yang Xia, Jun Xu
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Patent number: 12725797Abstract: A positive electrode active material includes nickel contained as a transition metal in a ratio of 70 mol % or more of the total transition metal; and polycrystalline particles and monocrystalline particles, in which a B/A value calculated from a lithium hydroxide content A (mass %) of the polycrystalline particles and a lithium hydroxide content B (mass %) of the monocrystalline particles is 1.03 to 1.9.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2024Date of Patent: September 1, 2026Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventor: Yuusuke Shimizu
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Patent number: 12715783Abstract: Methods for synthesizing crystalline Ni-rich cathode materials are disclosed. The Ni-rich cathode material may have a formula LiNiXMnyMzCo1-x-y-zO2, where M represents one or more dopant metals, x?0.6, 0.01?y<0.2, 0?z?0.05, and x+y+z?1.0. The methods are cost-effective, and include methods for solid-state, molten-salt, and flash-sintering syntheses.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2024Date of Patent: August 25, 2026Assignees: Battelle Memorial Institute, Albemarie CorporationInventors: Jie Xiao, Ran Yi, Yujing Bi, Job T. Rijssenbeek, Xiaoguang Hao, Subramanian Venkatachalam, Liu Luo
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Patent number: 12709551Abstract: The present disclosure provides the methods for preparing nickel-rich hydroxide precursor material and nickel-rich oxide cathode material having a homogeneous structure with an element concentration-gradient distribution by utilizing a continuous Taylor-flow reactor, comprising: (1) preparing an aqueous solution A with metal ion raw materials dissolved therein, an aqueous solution B with a manganese source dissolved therein, an aqueous solution C with a precipitant dissolved therein, and an aqueous solution D with a chelating agent dissolved therein; feeding the aqueous solution A, the aqueous solution C and the aqueous solution D into the continuous Taylor-flow reactor to perform a first co-precipitation reaction; (2) feeding the aqueous solution B into the continuous Taylor-flow reactor to perform a second co-precipitation reaction; (3) washing the precipitate obtained from the second co-precipitation reaction and putting the precipitate into an oven to dry the precipitate to fabricate the nickel-rich hydroType: GrantFiled: April 4, 2024Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Inventors: Chun-Chen Yang, Yi-Shiuan Wu, Juliya Jeyakumar, Manojkumar Seenivasan, Hui-Chi Liu, Ruey-Yu Wang
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Patent number: 12709690Abstract: Provided is a thermosetting conductive resin composition including: a conductive powder including a base metal; a thermosetting silicone resin having hydroxyl groups; and at least one of an amine-based additive and an acid-based additive. According to the present invention, a thermosetting conductive resin composition for forming electrodes of electronic components can be provided that has high viscosity stability and can form a conductive resin layer having a reduced decrease in conductivity (excellent conductivity) and excellent moisture resistance, even when the thermosetting silicone resin having hydroxyl groups and the conductive powder including a base metal such as Cu are included.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2022Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: SHOEI CHEMICAL INC.Inventors: Shohei Araki, Toshio Yoneima, Soichiro Esaki
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Patent number: 12709543Abstract: The present specification relates to a carbon nanotube dispersion liquid, a method for preparing same, an electrode slurry composition comprising same, an electrode comprising same, and a lithium secondary battery comprising same, the carbon nanotube dispersion liquid comprising carbon nanotubes; a first dispersant having an amide group; and a second dispersant having an aromatic ring, wherein the viscosity at 25° C. and a shear rate of 15 sec?1 is 2,000 cPs or less.Type: GrantFiled: October 19, 2022Date of Patent: August 18, 2026Assignee: BETTERIAL Co., Ltd.Inventors: Seong Kyun Kang, Jin Yeong Lee, Kwang Hyun Yoo
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Patent number: 12703640Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a cesium halide, and more particularly, to a novel method for producing a cesium halide with high purity; and perovskites produced using same.Type: GrantFiled: February 3, 2023Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: HANWHA SOLUTIONS CORPORATIONInventors: Kyung Yeon Ma, Song Hee Kim, Gwang Su Shin
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Patent number: 12706306Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery, and more particularly, the method includes mixing lithium nitrate, nickel nitrate, cobalt nitrate, and manganese nitrate with a solvent to form a mixture, performing first annealing on the mixture to form an NCM precursor including the lithium nitrate and transition metal oxide (NiCoMnO), compressing the NCM precursor to remove voids, and performing second annealing on the NCM precursor to form NCM particles.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2023Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Kyung Yoon Chung, Mingony Kim, Eunbi Kim, Jae-Ho Park
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Patent number: 12703780Abstract: Disclosed herein is a nanocomposite including a carbonaceous perimorph, the perimorph having a diameter of less than 1,000 ?m and comprising interconnected cells, each of a plurality of the cells comprising a carbonaceous cell wall possessing an average thickness of less than 100 nm or smaller and a morphology corresponding to a surface region of a, non-metallic template particle, the template particle having a diameter of less than 1,000 ?m, and an interior space bounded and enclosed by the cell wall.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2023Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: Dickinson CorporationInventors: Matthew Bishop, David Andrew Brill, Patrick Terrizzi, Abhay V. Thomas
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Patent number: 12706302Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery anode compound including a metal oxide and a metal. Also disclosed herein is a method of providing a battery anode compound comprising synthesizing AlNb11O29 and combining AlNb11O29 and a metal. A Li-ion battery anode compound is also disclosed that includes a slurry comprising up to 70% AlNb11O29, up to 70% Li4Ti5O12, and up to 70% of a metal, wherein the metal is any one of Sb or Sn.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2023Date of Patent: August 11, 2026Assignee: The Johns Hopkins UniversityInventors: Jesse S. Ko, Konstantinos Gerasopoulos, Matthew W. Logan
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Patent number: 12698215Abstract: Disclosed herein is a process for making a particulate (oxy)hydroxide of TM, where TM represents a combination of metals and includes nickel and at least one metal selected from cobalt and aluminum and manganese. The process includes: (a) combining an aqueous slurry of metallic nickel and at least one metal selected from aluminum and transition metals other than nickel with an oxidant selected from oxygen and nitrate in a first reaction vessel or in a first group of reaction vessels at a temperature of from 5° to 40° C., (b) transferring aqueous reaction medium from the first reaction vessel to a second reaction vessel, where the second reaction vessel contains a slurry of a hydroxide of TM, (c) removing the particles from step (b) from the liquid by a solid-liquid separation method, and drying the particles, and (d) returning liquid phase obtained in step (c) to the first reaction vessel.Type: GrantFiled: July 12, 2022Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignee: BASF SEInventors: Thorsten Beierling, Sabine Frischhut, Matthias Rauls, Lukas Karl Metzger, Sabine Weiguny, Michael Lennartz, Rafael Benjamin Berk
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Patent number: 12698217Abstract: A method for producing a positive electrode active material, includes the steps of (1) bringing an electrode mixture containing a positive electrode active material, a binder, and an electrolyte into contact with an electrolyte cleaning solvent to obtain a slurry containing a solid component and a liquid component, and then separating the slurry into the solid component and the liquid component, wherein an amount of P in the liquid component after separation is 0.0020 to 2.0 mass %, an amount of F in the liquid component after separation is 0.01 to 7.0 mass %, and an amount of P remaining in the solid component after separation is 0.7 mass % or less; (2) mixing an activation treatment agent with the separated solid component; and (3) heating a mixture obtained to activate the positive electrode active material contained in the mixture.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2023Date of Patent: August 4, 2026Assignees: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED, Kyoto UniversityInventors: Marie Takiguchi Takemoto, Satoshi Shimano
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Patent number: 12695158Abstract: Provided herein are composite electrolytes that include inorganic conductors and polar polymers. By providing the polar polymers as structures such as microspheres in a suspension in a non-polar solvent, the polar polymers can be used as binders in composites that include sulfide electrolytes. The resulting composites have high room temperature conductivities and good mechanical properties. Also provided are composites that include inorganic conductors and other polymers that are insoluble in non-polar solvents. Also provided are composites that include polar polymers and lithium argyrodite conductors and methods of processing the composites that result in high conductivity retention. Also provided are methods of forming composite electrolytes using suspensions of polymer microstructures in a processing solvent and the resulting composite electrolytes.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2024Date of Patent: July 28, 2026Assignee: Blue Current, Inc.Inventors: Irune Villaluenga, Joanna Burdynska, Kevin Wujcik
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Patent number: 12686052Abstract: A sintering composition, consisting essentially of: a solvent; and a metal complex dissolved in the solvent, wherein: the sintering composition contains at least 60 wt. % of the metal complex, based on the total weight of the sintering composition; and the sintering composition contains at least 20 wt. % of the metal of the metal complex, based on the total weight of the sintering composition.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2020Date of Patent: July 21, 2026Assignee: ALPHA ASSEMBLY SOLUTIONS INC.Inventors: Shamik Ghoshal, Nirmalya Kumar Chaki, Remya Chandran, Manoharan Venodh, Bawa Singh, Barun Das, Niveditha Nagarajan, Rahul Raut, Oscar Khaselev, Ranjit Pandher, Supriya Devarajan, Anubhav Rustogi
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Patent number: 12686778Abstract: Examples are directed a plurality of particles comprising transparent conductive oxide particles. Example transparent conductive oxide particles have a median diameter of about 200 nanometer (nm) to about 500 nm in the particle size distribution, and a plasma wavelength of about less than 2000 nm. Additionally, the transparent conductive oxide particles may comprise a primary component and about 2 weight percent to about 20 weight percent of a secondary component. Also disclosed are methods of producing a plurality of particles comprising transparent conductive oxide particles and compositions comprising a plurality of particles comprising transparent conductive oxide particles and a binder.Type: GrantFiled: May 16, 2024Date of Patent: July 21, 2026Assignee: SRI InternationalInventors: Steven Crouch-Baker, Brian Slovick, Albert Hirschon
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Patent number: 12689033Abstract: A method of manufacturing a positive electrode material for a lithium ion secondary battery includes: firing a mixture containing a lithium compound, a nickel-containing complex compound, and a molybdenum compound, to obtain first particles containing a lithium transition metal complex oxide having a composition in which a ratio of a number of moles of nickel to a total number of moles of metals other than lithium is greater than 0.6 and less than 1; and bringing the first particles into contact with a liquid medium in such that a solid content concentration of the first particles is in a range of 20 mass % to 80 mass % to remove a part of molybdenum element contained in the first particles to obtain second particles.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2023Date of Patent: July 21, 2026Assignee: NICHIA CORPORATIONInventors: Hayato Ishibashi, Kenichi Kobayashi, Kento Isai, Kenta Kawai, Koichi Sumiwaka