ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,206, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Secondary battery" was invented by Soo-Ji Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang-Hun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Min-Hyeong Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Dae-Woong Song (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyung-Kyun Yu (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hun-Hee Lim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a secondary battery, which includes an electrode assembly; an electrode lead attached to the electrode assembly; a case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein; a lead film formed to surround a part of an outer surface of the...