ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,771, issued on June 9, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC) (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Electrolytic solution for lithium secondary batteries and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Ko Eun Kim (Cheongju, South Korea), Seung Min Oh (Incheon, South Korea), Yoon Sung Lee (Suwon, South Korea), Sung Ho Ban (Hwaseong, South Korea), Jun Ki Rhee (Suwon, South Korea), Hui Beom Nam (Hwaseong, South Korea), Seung Wan Song (Sejong, South Korea), Min Geun Oh (Daejeon, South Korea) and Se Hyun Kwak (Daejeon, South Korea).

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