ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,357, issued on April 21, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for manufacturing lithium secondary battery comprising lithium-rich manganese based oxide" was invented by Kiwon Sung (Daejeon, South Korea), Yojin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jinseo Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyeyeon Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Bohyun Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Daeun Jang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Youngseong Jo (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a lithium secondary battery includes preparing a battery cell, charging and discharging the battery cell under pressurization to...