ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,706,300, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Positive active material for rechargeable lithium battery, preparing method thereof and rechargeable lithium battery including the same" was invented by Pilsang Yun (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyunbeom Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sangin Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yongchan You (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positive active material for a rechargeable lithium battery includes a first positive active material including a secondary particle formed by aggregation of a plurality of primary particles, wherein at least a p...