ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,781, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to KOREA WATER TECHNOLOGY INC. (Busan, South Korea).

"Apparatus for continuous electric dehydration of positive electrode active material" was invented by Se Jeong Jeon (Seoul, South Korea) and Sung Ryong Kim (Busan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for continuous electric dehydration of a positive electrode active material, includes a first electrode; a transfer member on which a positive electrode active material is seated, moves to continuously transfer the positive electrode active material to the drum; and a guide device, which is disposed to surround a part or all of t...