ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,676, issued on July 29, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Negative electrode for secondary battery, method for manufacturing the same, and lithium metal secondary battery comprising the same" was invented by Jiyong Soon (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode for a secondary battery, including a negative electrode protective layer which can be formed by a simplified method and can effectively suppress the growth of acicular dendrites generated in the negative electrode of a lithium metal secondary battery. The negative electrode for the secondary battery includes a negati...