ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,431,492, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY (Seoul, South Korea).

"Anode active material, method for manufacturing same, and lithium secondary battery comprising same" was invented by Un Gyu Paik (Seoul, South Korea), Tae Seup Song (Seoul, South Korea), Dong Soo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Se Ho Sun (Seoul, South Korea) and Seung Woo Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an anode active material including a composite of lithium titanium oxide (LTO), a silicon-containing material and crystalline carbon, a method for manufactur...