ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,676,333, issued on July 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly and secondary battery comprising the same" was invented by Hyun Ki Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea), In Young Jang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Nobuyuki Oyagi (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sung Soo Park (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly includes an anode plate having an anode coating layer formed on an anode current collector plate; a cathode plate having a cathode coating layer formed on a cathode current collector plate; and a separator interposed between the cathode plate and the anode plate,...