ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,646, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Nickel-based lithium metal composite oxide, method of preparing the same, and lithium secondary battery including positive electrode including the same" was invented by Jungsue Jang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jayhyok Song (Yongin-si, South Korea), Dongwook Shin (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jaeha Shim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nickel-based lithium metal composite oxide including secondary particles including aggregates of primary particles. The secondary particles include i) large secondary particles having a particle ...