ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,419, issued on April 21, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly, manufacturing method thereof, and secondary battery" was invented by Jae Sik Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Bo Kyung Ko (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seung Hoon Ju (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to an electrode assembly in which a plurality of first electrode plates including electrode tabs, a plurality of second electrode plates including electrode tabs, and a separator interposed between each of the first electrode plates and each of the second electrode plates are arranged in a stacked...