ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,540, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Jung Min Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Gu Han (Daejeon, South Korea), Su Hyeon Ji (Daejeon, South Korea), Chul Eun Yeom (Daejeon, South Korea), Chul Haeng Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kyung Mi Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte including an organic solvent, a lithium salt, and a coumarin-based compound represented by the following Chemical Formula 1 and a lithium secondary...