ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,578, issued on May 5, was assigned to ECOPRO BM Co. LTD. (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

"Positive electrode active material and lithium secondary battery comprising the same" was invented by Chang Woo Lee (Cheongju-si, South Korea), Moon Ho Choi (Cheongju-si, South Korea) and Hyun Jong Yu (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material having improved electrochemical characteristics and improved stability, and a lithium secondary battery using a positive electrode including the positive electrode active material, and more particularly, to a positive electrode a...