ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,117, issued on June 30, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of manufacturing electrode including folding portion and electrode sheet including folding portion" was invented by Kwang Ho Won (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Shik Oh (Daejeon, South Korea), Ki Tae Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Chan Ki Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Hoon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyun Tae Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an electrode manufacturing method for manufacturing a foldable battery cell, the electrode manufacturing method including a coating step of form...