ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,742, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to ECOPRO BM Co. LTD. (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

"Positive electrode active material and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Ra Na Lim (Cheongju-si, South Korea), A Reum Yang (Cheongju-si, South Korea), Gyun Joong Kim (Cheongju-si, South Korea), Kyung Min Lim (Cheongju-si, South Korea) and Hye Bin Kim (Cheongju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a positive electrode active material and a lithium secondary battery including the same, and more particularly, to a positive electrode active material, which includes an overlithiated...