CarbonScape Secures Landmark European Patent for Domestic Graphite Production Technology with the Potential to Transform the EU Battery Supply Chain
13 May – Finland – CarbonScape Limited (“CarbonScape”), the deep-tech innovator transforming forestry by-products into high-performance battery materials, has been granted its foundational “Composition of Matter” patent (EP-4 079 686 B1) by the European Patent Office. This strategic intellectual property is currently being validated in 40 European countries and strengthens CarbonScape’s ability to supply low-cost, domestic, sustainable, battery-grade graphite – essential for Europe’s growing battery manufacturing ecosystem.
Breaking Dependency on Imported Battery Materials
This cornerstone patent covers CarbonScape’s sustainable transformation of forestry side streams into high-performance, battery-grade graphite, offering European manufacturers a local alternative to imported anode materials. By eliminating Europe’s reliance on natural graphite mining or energy-intensive synthetic production methods – dominated by China, which controls 95% of the world’s battery-grade graphite – this innovation provides a low cost, climate-positive alternative that can be manufactured within European Union borders.
Vincent Ledoux-Pedailles, Chief Commercial Officer of CarbonScape, said:
Europe’s electrification ambitions depend on securing a cost-competitive, local and ESG-aligned graphite supply chain,
“This patent enables us to deploy our technology across the European Union, leveraging low-cost, renewable domestic forestry feedstocks and accelerating the continent’s journey toward battery mineral sovereignty.”
Strengthening Europe’s Battery Ecosystem
- Abundant Renewable Feedstock – Europe’s well-managed forests generate millions of tonnes of woodchips and sawdust each year. CarbonScape’s technology upgrades these side streams into a critical battery material, delivering new revenue streams to local communities.
- Policy Alignment & Funding – The EU Battery Regulation, the Green Deal Industrial Plan, and the proposed Critical Raw Materials Act all prioritise local, low-carbon graphite production, creating a favourable environment for CarbonScape to scale.
- Shorter, Greener Supply Chains – Producing graphite in Europe slashes shipping distances, reduces Scope-3 emissions, and mitigates geopolitical risk for cell makers and electric vehicle manufacturers.
IP Framework Enables Global Technology Commercialisation
The European grant follows CarbonScape’s recent U.S. patent award (US 12 187 615 B2, granted 19 March 2025), underscoring the company’s leadership in sustainable graphite technology and paving the way for commercial plants in Europe and North America.
Recent Milestones & Next Steps
- CarbonScape achieved 90% spheroidization yield, an industry-leading benchmark for converting raw graphite into battery-grade biographite.
- Finalised engineering for a demonstration plant, scheduled to start operations in 2026.
- Secured long-term feedstock agreements in both Europe and the United States.
These developments, combined with an unwavering focus on scaling up production on both sides of the Atlantic, place CarbonScape at the forefront of sustainable critical battery material innovators.
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