ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,517, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to FOOSUNG Co. LTD. (South Korea).

"Method for producing alkali metal hexafluorophosphate, alkali metal hexafluorophosphate, method for producing electrolyte concentrate comprising alkali metal hexafluorophosphate, and method for producing secondary battery" was invented by Byung Won Woo (Ulsan, South Korea), Soon Hong Park (Busan, South Korea), Hong Seok Lee (Ulsan, South Korea), Jae Woo Jung (Yangsan-si, South Korea) and Hyun Gon Kim (Uiseong-gun, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are method for producing alkali metal hexafluorophosphate, alkali metal hexafluorophosphate powder...