ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,278,338, issued on April 15, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrolyte for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Hyun Seung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Chul Haeng Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Yu Ha An (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jeong Woo Oh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery includes a lithium salt, an organic solvent, and a compound represented by For...