ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,196, issued on March 17, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Daegu Gyeongbuk Institute of Science and Technology (Daegu, South Korea).

"Positive electrode slurry for lithium secondary battery, preparation method for same, positive electrode for lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery" was invented by Jun Ki Rhee (Suwon, South Korea), Sung Ho Ban (Hwaseong, South Korea), Yoon Sung Lee (Suwon, South Korea), Ko Eun Kim (Cheongju, South Korea), Hyun Tae Lee (Daegu, South Korea) and Hong Kyung Lee (Daegu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are, inte...