ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,165, issued on July 14, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Positive electrode additive for lithium secondary battery, positive electrode active material comprising same, positive electrode, and lithium secondary battery" was invented by Bong Soo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Taek Gyoung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Kee Yoon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Kangho Cheon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hee Jung Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a positive electrode additive for a lithium secondary battery, and a positive electrode active material, a positive elect...