ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,087, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pouch, secondary battery comprising the same, and method for manufacturing the secondary battery" was invented by Un Jo (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pouch applied to a secondary battery includes an accommodation part configured to accommodate an electrode assembly; a sealing part provided outside the accommodation part, the sealing part having a plurality of sealing surfaces configured to seal the accommodation part; and a protection part provided outside one or more of the plurality of sealing surfaces of the sealing part...