ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,498,424, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea) and Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Gwangju, South Korea).

"Method for predicting lifespan characteristics of lithium secondary battery" was invented by Dongin Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyeong Jin Kim (Gwangju, South Korea), Wonhee Kim (Incheon, South Korea) and Seok Koo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems may reliably predict the lifespan characteristics of a lithium secondary battery, for example, the mode of variation in cycle capacity in advance. A method may include a first step of subject...