ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,277, issued on March 17, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pouch type secondary battery and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Jong Hyuk Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Hee Gyoung Kang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Dock Young Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provide a pouch type secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a pouch type secondary battery and a method for manufacturing the same, in which a pouch case is formed in a folding manner without being subjected to a forming process (press...