Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling And Upcycling Via Purification And Regeneration Integrated Materials Engineering (PRIME)' Filed by The Regents Of The University Of California

MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517057702 A) filed by The Regents Of The University Of California, Oakland, U.S.A., on June 16, for 'lithium-ion battery recycling and upcycling via purification and regeneration integrated materials engineering (prime).'

Inventor(s) include Chen, Zheng; Li, Weikang; and Gupta, Varun.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A process for direct recycling of Li-ion battery cathode material includes hydrothermally treating cathode black mass (CBM) in an alkaline solution to decompose polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) and remove electrolyte salts, washing the treated CBM in deionized water to remove extra alkaline solution, conductive carbon, degraded PVDF and impurities, and annealing the washed material for crystal structure repair and remnant carbon removal."

The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 05, 2023, under International application No.PCT/US2023/082571.

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