ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,354, issued on April 21, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte solution comprising a dialkylenenitrile-containing pyridine additive for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising same" was invented by Jungmin Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Chuleun Yeom (Daejeon, South Korea) and Chul Haeng Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery comprising a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a dialkylenenitrile-containing pyridine additive, and a lithium secondary battery comprisin...