ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,361, issued on May 26, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly and rechargeable battery including the same" was invented by Sangjun Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Bokhyun Ka (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kyeuyoon Sheem (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jinhyon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Donghyuk Chang (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a spiral-wound electrode assembly including: a negative electrode and a positive electrode, each of which is configured to include a substrate, and a first composite material and a second co...