ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,181, issued on July 22, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly, and apparatus and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Won Nyeon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyun Kyung Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Su Taek Jung (Daejeon, South Korea), Soon Kwan Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Byeong Kyu Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing an electrode assembly according to the present invention comprises: a step (a) of transferring an electrode, in which a plurality of electrodes and a plurality of separators are alternately stacked, to a first pos...