ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,907, issued on July 1, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pouch forming apparatus and method" was invented by Han Young Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a pouch forming apparatus comprising: a die, in which forming grooves are formed with a partition wall therebetween; and a punch member provided with a punch, which is configured to be inserted into each of the forming grooves to press the pouch film to form a pair of accommodation grooves in the pouch film, wherein the forming groove comprises a vertical space disposed above a forming groove bottom p...