ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,334,554, issued on June 17, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Positive electrode active material for lithium rechargeable battery, method of producing the same, and lithium rechargeable battery including the same" was invented by Chi Ho Jo (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyuck Hur (Daejeon, South Korea), Seul Ki Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Wang Mo Jung (Daejeon, South Korea) and Gi Beom Han (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface of a LiCoO2-based positive electrode active material to have a rock salt crystal structure is provided. Specifically, a positive electrode active material for a lithiu...