ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,658,534, issued on June 16, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Welding method and electrode assembly manufactured by the same" was invented by Jung Hyun Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Tae Su Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Hyeuk Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Seo Jun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Gil Woo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyuk Soo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ki Beom Na (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A welding method includes pressing multiple objects together by a jig and irradiating the objects with laser to form multiple welded spots. The welded spots may include multiple first ...