(Source: BASF Corporation) ISELIN, NJ, November 19, 2015 - BASF Corporation (BASF) and UChicago Argonne, LLC (Argonne) - which manages the Argonne National Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy - today jointly announced the dismissal of patent infringement litigation against Makita Corporation and its affiliated companies at the International Trade Commission (ITC) and in the U.S. District Court of Delaware. The litigation involved the use of Argonne's patented nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) cathode material in lithium-ion batteries. In return for dismissal of the litigation by BASF and Argonne, Makita has agreed to drop its present challenges to the validity of the Argonne patents and...
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