ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,731,818, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Nam Hun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Seong Wook Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Min Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Chang Ho Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kyoung Ha Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly including an electrode stack, which includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material layer; a negative electrode including a negative electrode active material layer; and a separator disposed between t...