ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,484, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Secondary battery including cathode material including irreversible additive, and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Sung Chul Lim (Daejeon, South Korea), Minchul Jang (Daejeon, South Korea), Yohan Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ilhong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A secondary battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure is a secondary battery including a cathode in which a cathode material is applied onto a cathode current collector, wherein the cathode material includes an irreversible add...