ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,381,224, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Negative electrode for lithium secondary battery and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Jong Su Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea), Taek Soo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Ho Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Shin Wook Jeon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Young Gon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes a negative electrode active layer and a negative electrode current collector. The negative electrode active layer includes a center region, an edge region, and a sliding region...