ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,529, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Electrode for rechargeable lithium battery, and rechargeable lithium battery comprising the same" was invented by Suhyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Duckhyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Taejoong Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyunhee Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hoyong An (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the electrode including a current collector, a safety functional layer on the cur...