ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,681, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to POSCO FUTURE M Co. LTD (Gyeongsangbuk-Do, South Korea).

"Lithium battery cathode active material having oriented structure, and preparation method therefor" was invented by Seung Un Choi (Gyeongsangbuk-Do, South Korea), Jae Han Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Deuk Su Kim (Gyeongsangbuk-Do, South Korea), Hye Jeong Park (Gyeongsangbuk-Do, South Korea) and Jeong Han Kim (Gyeongsangbuk-Do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium battery cathode active material and a preparation method therefor are described. The material has an orientation formed by firing a density gradient precursor in...