ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,457, issued on April 21, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Positive electrode active material precursor for secondary battery, positive electrode active material, preparation methods thereof, and lithium secondary battery including the positive electrode active material" was invented by Jin Hoo Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Won Woo (Daejeon, South Korea), Jong Hyun Shim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jin Wook Ju (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positive electrode active material precursor for a secondary battery is in the form of a secondary particle in which a plurality of primary particles ...