ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,782,051, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Drying apparatus for manufacturing electrode and method for manufacturing electrode using same" was invented by Doo Hyun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Huoung Son (Daejeon, South Korea), Chang Bum Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea) and Tae Yeon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A drying device for manufacturing an electrode comprises a dryer and a transfer part. The dryer is configured to dry a coated portion of an electrode base material when an electrode slurry is applied to the coated portion on at least one surface and not applied...