ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,723,812, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to HANWHA MOMENTUM Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Heat treatment apparatus for manufacturing active material for secondary battery" was invented by Dong Ho Han (Seoul, South Korea), Shin Ho Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Jin Hyeok Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Young Jin Lim (Seoul, South Korea), Tae Ho Kang (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Min Kwon (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A heat treatment apparatus includes a furnace body, a roller inside the furnace body, a heater inside the furnace body, an upper and lower discharge pipes on the furnace body, and a lower supply pipe on the lower par...