ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,921, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Additives for nonaqueous electrolyte and lithium secondary battery containing the same" was invented by You Kyeong Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyoung Ho Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea), Junhyeok Han (Daejeon, South Korea), Won-Kyung Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Wontae Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Su Hyeon Ji (Daejeon, South Korea) and Youngho Oh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An additive for a non-aqueous electrolyte, a non-aqueous electrolyte including the same, and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed her...