ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,023, issued on July 21, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Anode active material for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Yong Seok Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Ram Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Won Bae (Daejeon, South Korea), Yeon Hwa Song (Daejeon, South Korea), Ki Joo Eom (Daejeon, South Korea), Myung Ro Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Yeong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyun Joong Jang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to embodiments of the present invention include...