ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,711, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lithium secondary battery" was invented by Jae Won Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Hoon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Chul Haeng Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Yoo Sun Kang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sol Ji Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a lithium secondary battery including: a non-aqueous electrolyte including a lithium salt, an organic solvent, a first additive represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a second additive represented by Chemical Formula 2; a positive electrode including a posit...