ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,573, issued on May 5, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Electrode including electrode active material having through-holes, lithium battery containing the same, and method of preparing the same" was invented by Donggeun Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Ilkyong Kwon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Nam (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jinhyon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode, a lithium battery including the same, and a method of preparing the electrode are provided. The electrode includes an electrode active material layer including an electrode active material and a binder; an...