ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,398, issued on April 14, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly and secondary battery including same" was invented by Hyun Ki Jeong (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an electrode assembly and a secondary battery including same. A jelly-roll-type electrode assembly comprises a positive electrode non-coated portion formed on a positive electrode plate, and a negative electrode non-coated portion formed on a negative electrode plate. The negative electrode non-coated portion includes a first negative electrode non-coated portion formed bet...