ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,586,780, issued on March 24, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery, cathode including the same and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Sang Wook Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Hoon Do (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Uk Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Hyun Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Seung Ok Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ji Sun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a lithium metal oxide particle contain...