ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,266, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea), Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (Ulsan, South Korea).

"Electrolyte membrane for lithium-air battery, method of manufacturing same and lithium-air battery comprising same" was invented by Eun Ji Kwon (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Samuel Seo (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Gwang Seok Oh (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Seok Ju Kang (Ulsan, South Korea) and Kyung Eun Baek (Ulsan, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an electrolyte membrane for a lithium-air battery, a method of manufacturing the ...