ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,181, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Button-type secondary battery" was invented by Yeong Hun Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Ji Tae (Daejeon, South Korea), Joo Hwan Sung (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Su Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Geun Young Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Gyu Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Seon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Hak Chae (Daejeon, South Korea) and Min Young Ju (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A button type secondary battery includes a wound electrode assembly; a lower can with the electrode assembly and an electrolyte in the lower...