ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,633,545, issued on May 19, was assigned to INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY ERICA CAMPUS (Ansan-Si, South Korea).

"Anode, method for manufacturing same by using electrolytic deposition, and device for manufacturing same" was invented by Jung-Ho Lee (Ansan-si, South Korea), Sambhaji Shivaji Shinde (Ansan-si, South Korea) and Dong-Hyung Kim (Ansan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode is provided. The anode can comprise a three dimensional current collector and an anode active material layer provided on the surface of the three dimensional current collector."

The patent was filed on April 15, ...