ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,548,797, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrolyte and lithium metal secondary battery comprising same" was invented by Jeongbeom Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolyte for a lithium metal secondary battery, the electrolyte comprising a lithium salt including lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide, and a non-aqueous solvent including 1,2-(1,1,2,2-tetrafluoroethoxy)ethane; a cyclic fluorinated carbonate; and a solvent containing at least one selected from the group consisting of a chain carbonate, a chain ester, and a chain ether, wherein the 1,2-(1,1,2,2-tetra...