ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,923, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrolyte solution for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by In Haeng Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Yu Na Shim (Daejeon, South Korea), Moon Sung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sung Jin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Soo Min Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Young Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jin Hong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery includes an organic solvent, a lithium salt, and a fluorine-based additive in which a terminal difl...