ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,756,017, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SK On Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Folding method for battery pouch and lithium secondary battery including battery pouch" was invented by Ho Jin Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Ha Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ji Hyung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Bin Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A folding method for a battery pouch in accordance with an embodiment of the present disclosure includes the steps of folding corner areas of a pouch-type exterior member that includes a main side, a first subside on one side of the main side, and a second subside on the other sid...