ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,060, issued on July 8, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Anode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising the same" was invented by Da Young Kang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jieun Song (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery including a lithium metal layer and a carbon-based layer on at least one surface of the lithium metal layer, the carbon-based layer including porous carbon materials aligned in one direction and oriented horizontally with reference to the lithium metal layer and a lithium secondary battery incl...