ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,712,179, issued on Aug. 18, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and SK Innovation Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Anode active material for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Ju Ho Chung (Daejeon, South Korea), Gwi Ok Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jae Young Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Anode active materials and secondary batteries including the anode active materials are disclosed. An anode active material for a secondary battery based on an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a silicon oxide particle. The silicon oxide part...