ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,790, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Carbon nanotube dispersion, and negative electrode slurry, negative electrode, and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Dong Hyun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Houng Sik Yoo (Daejeon, South Korea), Il Jae Moon (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Hoon Choy (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyeon Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbon nanotube dispersion includes carbon nanotubes (CNT) having a Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) specific surface area of 800 m2/g or more, a dispersant, and a water-based solvent, wherein ...