ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,065, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrolyte for lithium secondary battery, and lithium secondary battery comprising same" was invented by Suenghoon Han (Daejeon, South Korea), Eui Tae Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jaegil Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyungsik Hong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seonghyo Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery, including a first solvent comprising a heterocyclic compound having at least one double bond, and any one of an oxygen atom and a sulfur atom; a second solvent including at l...