ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,497, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea) and UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) (Ulsan, South Korea).

"Negative electrode active material for lithium secondary battery, method for manufacturing the same, and lithium secondary battery comprising the same" was invented by Joon Sup Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jee Hee Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Nam Hyeong Kim (Ulsan, South Korea), Jae Kyung Sung (Ulsan, South Korea), Tae Yong Lee (Ulsan, South Korea) and Jae Phil Cho (Ulsan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a negative electrode active material for a lithi...