ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,156, issued on July 14, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cathode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Jung Hwan Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Wook Ha (Daejeon, South Korea), Soo Min Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Han Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jong Hyuk Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and In Haeng Cho (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode for a lithium secondary battery according to embodiments of the present invention includes a cathode current collector, and a cathode active material layer formed on the cathode current collect...