ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 1 -- United States Patent no. 12,725,824, issued on Sept. 1, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Unit cell preparation apparatus and method" was invented by Soon Kwan Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Su Taek Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Ho Bae (Daejeon, South Korea), Byeong Kyu Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Tai Jin Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Seong Won Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Ju Hyeon Cho (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yong Jun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for preparing a unit cell is provided. The apparatus includes a center electrode reel from which a center electrode sheet is unwound, wherein the ce...