ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,647, issued on April 15, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF ENERGY RESEARCH (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Composite including lithium-vanadium oxide and carbon nanotubes, method for producing the same and energy storage device including the same" was invented by Jung Joon Yoo (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Hui Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Jeong Hun Baek (Daejeon, South Korea), Bum Jin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Kang Jick Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Tae Hyeong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention may provide a nano-sized composite having excellent electrical conductivity and specific surface area....