ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,785,152, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly including adhesive layer of electrode smaller than separator, and rechargeable lithium battery including the same" was invented by Hyo-jung Song (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kyoseon Koo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Minjae Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Junghyun Nam (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jeunggi Moon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Mihwa Yang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Duckjae You (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jinhee Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly and a rechargeable lithium battery including t...