ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,598, issued on June 17, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"CID filter and secondary battery comprising the same" was invented by Min Hee Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one aspect of the present invention, a body part of a CID filter of a secondary battery has a main through-hole and an auxiliary through-hole defined therein. The auxiliary hole is positioned between a CID gasket and an area of the CID filter that is electrically connected to an electrode tab."

The patent was filed on March 31, 2020, under Application No. 17/438,297.

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