ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,342, issued on July 7, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte solution for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Sung Hoon Yu (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyung Mi Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Shul Kee Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyun Yeong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yoo Sun Kang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery which includes a compound acting as a HF scavenger, and a lithium secondary battery in which cycle life char...