ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,389, issued on July 15, was assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY (Seoul, South Korea), KIA Corp. (Seoul, South Korea) and UNIST (ULSAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY) (Ulsan, South Korea).

"Electrolyte solution for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including same" was invented by Yoon Sung Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jun Ki Rhee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Ko Eun Kim (Cheongju-si, South Korea), Sung Ho Ban (Hwaseong-si, South Korea), Seung Min Oh (Incheon, South Korea), Nam Soon Choi (Ulsan, South Korea), Sung You Hong (Ulsan, South Korea), Sang Kyu Kwak (Ulsan, South Korea), Hyeon Gyu Moon (Ulsan, South Korea), Hyeong Jun Kim (Ulsan, South Korea) an...