ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,749, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Device for folding pouch" was invented by Geun Hee Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Se Young Oh (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Su Oh (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jeong Min Ha (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for folding a pouch having first and second cup parts, first and second circumferential parts formed flat along circumferences thereof, respectively, includes: lower and upper nests on which the first and second cup parts are seated; first and second guides fixed to the lower and upper nests and having first and second protr...