ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,592,417, issued on March 31, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Lithium battery" was invented by Jinah Seo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yunhee Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sujeong Koh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Seungtae Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sunjoo Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Siyoung Cha (Yongin-si, South Korea), Miyoung Son (Yongin-si, South Korea), Minju Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Myungheui Woo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jinhyeok Lim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Harim Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Erang Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium battery includes a cathod...