ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,665,197, issued on June 23, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Anode for lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery" was invented by Jungjoon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an anode for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery comprising same, wherein the anode includes a current collector, and an anode active material layer including an anode active material formed on the current collector, and a coating part formed on the anode active material layer, wherein the coating part and the anode active material layer com...