ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,782, issued on May 27, was assigned to AIZEN GLOBAL Co. INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for managing battery misuse and apparatus for performing the method" was invented by Jung Seok Kang (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of managing a battery misuse and an apparatus for performing the method can include determining, by a battery misuse determination device, the battery misuse. The method can also include disabling, by a battery disabling device, an operation of a battery determined to be the battery misuse."

The patent was filed on Oct. 28, 2022, under Application No. 18/050,488.

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