US 11,522,176 C1 (12,693rd)
Electrodes, lithium-ion batteries, and methods of making and using same
Gleb Yushin, Atlanta, GA (US); Oleksandr Magazynskyy, Atlanta, GA (US); Patrick Dixon, Dunwoody, GA (US); and Benjamin Hertzberg, New York, NY (US)
Filed by Sila Nanotechnologies, Inc., Alameda, CA (US); and GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to SILA NANOTECHNOLOGIES, INC., Alameda, CA (US)
Reexamination Request No. 90/015,311, Oct. 12, 2023.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 11,522,176, issued Dec. 6, 2022, Appl. No. 17/667,412, Feb. 8, 2022.
Application 90/015,311 is a continuation of application No. 16/853,301, filed on Apr. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,557,757.
Application 16/853,301 is a continuation of application No. 15/612,890, filed on Jun. 2, 2014, granted, now 10,629,898.
Application 15/612,890 is a continuation of application No. 14/513,920, filed on Oct. 14, 2014, granted, now 9,673,448.
Application 14/513,920 is a continuation of application No. 13/431,591, filed on Mar. 27, 2012, granted, now 8,889,295.
Application 13/431,591 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2010/050794, filed on Sep. 29, 2010.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/246,741, filed on Sep. 29, 2009.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Aug. 29, 2024.
Int. Cl. H01M 4/36 (2006.01); B82Y 30/00 (2011.01); H01B 1/18 (2006.01); H01B 1/24 (2006.01); H01M 4/133 (2010.01); H01M 4/134 (2010.01); H01M 4/137 (2010.01); H01M 4/1393 (2010.01); H01M 4/1395 (2010.01); H01M 4/38 (2006.01); H01M 4/587 (2010.01); H01M 4/60 (2006.01); H01M 4/62 (2006.01); H01M 10/0525 (2010.01)
CPC H01M 4/366 (2013.01) [H01M 4/133 (2013.01); H01M 4/137 (2013.01); H01M 4/38 (2013.01); H01M 4/587 (2013.01); H01M 4/602 (2013.01); H01M 4/625 (2013.01); B82Y 30/00 (2013.01); C01P 2004/64 (2013.01); H01B 1/18 (2013.01); H01B 1/24 (2013.01); H01M 4/134 (2013.01); H01M 4/1393 (2013.01); H01M 4/1395 (2013.01); H01M 4/386 (2013.01); H01M 4/387 (2013.01); H01M 10/0525 (2013.01); Y02E 60/10 (2013.01); Y02T 10/70 (2013.01); Y10S 977/773 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
The patentability of claims 1-12, 16-20 and 22-26 is confirmed.
Claim 21 is determined to be patentable as amended.
New claim 27 is added and determined to be patentable.
Claims 13-15 were not reexamined.
21. A battery electrode composition, comprising:
a plurality of agglomerations of composite particles,
wherein [ each of ] the plurality of agglomerated composite particles includes [ is an instantiation of ] the battery electrode composite particle of claim 1.
[ 27. The battery electrode composite particle of claim 1, wherein the battery electrode composite particle is an anode active material-comprising composite particle for a Li-ion battery.]