ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,490, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Nickel-based active material for lithium secondary battery, method of preparing the same, and lithium secondary battery including positive electrode including the nickel-based active material" was invented by Jongmin Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jiyoon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Pilsang Yun (Yongin-si, South Korea), Donggyu Chang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kwanghwan Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jangsuk Hyun (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jinhwa Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A nickel-based active material for a lith...