ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,494, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to U&S ENERGY INC. (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

"Current collector for electrode" was invented by Kyung Joon Kim (Daejeon-si, South Korea), Seung Ho Choi (Sejong-si, South Korea) and Young Hun Jin (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current collector for an electrode according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a base film, and a conductive material provided on at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the base film, in which the conductive material is divided into two or more parts in a length or width direction of the base film."

The patent was filed on ...