ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,894, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method of preparing positive electrode active material" was invented by Min Hee Son (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyuck Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Duck Gyun Mok (Daejeon, South Korea), No Woo Kwak (Daejeon, South Korea) and Dong Joon Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The method of preparing a positive electrode capable of reducing the usage amount of a rinsing solution, and minimizing the surface degradation of a positive electrode active material is provided. A method of preparing a positive electrode active material includes: (A) preparin...