ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,631,565, issued on May 19, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Secondary battery having lead film including luminous material and method of inspecting defects of secondary battery" was invented by Jo Yeon Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery includes an electrode assembly configured to have a structure in which a separator is interposed between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, a battery case having formed therein a receiving portion configured to receive the electrode assembly, electrode leads configured to protrude outwards from the battery case, and lead ...