ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,779, issued on March 24, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Composite anode active material and anode and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Yungu Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea), Doori Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Heeyoung Chu (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Soh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yoonyoung Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yubin Hwang (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite anode active material, an anode, and a lithium secondary battery, the composite anode active material including a silicon-carbon composite; a first graphite; and a second grap...