ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,705, issued on June 2, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Anode active material for secondary battery, method of preparing the same and secondary battery including the same" was invented by Mi Ryeong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Hee Gyoung Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Gi Hyeon Moon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jong Hyuk Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode active material for a secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a core particle, a polymer coating formed on a surface of the core particle, and conductive particles formed on the polymer coating. The ...