ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,331, issued on June 23, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Transferring apparatus for material for electrode" was invented by Yeon Ho Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Ik Oh (Daejeon, South Korea), Hwa Sun Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Dock Han (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A transfer apparatus for a material for an electrode according to an embodiment of the disclosed technology includes an apparatus body; a gripping device configured to grip a reel wound around a current collector; a first moving device connected to the gripping device and the apparatus body and configured to move th...