ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,322, issued on April 21, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery active material layer with conductive active material particles" was invented by Ki Seok Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Nam Jeong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Mok Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Eun Ji Jang (Daejeon, South Korea), Koo Seung Chung (Daejeon, South Korea), Ho Chan Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Yoon Gyeong Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ho Hyeon Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode active material layer includes conductive active material particles individually with a core and a coating on a surfac...