ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,359, issued on April 15, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly comprising anode sheet and anode having improved stacking characteristics of electrode, and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Tai Joon Seo (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Hee Sul (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Hun Song (Deajeon, South Korea) and Woo Yong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly is manufactured by a process. The electrode assembly comprises an anode sheet and an anode having improved stacking characteristics of an electrode based on a shoulder portion. The shoulder ...