ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,712, issued on March 11, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery and preparation method thereof" was invented by Tae Gu Yoo (Daejeon, South Korea), Younguk Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Jintae Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea), Wang Mo Jung (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sungbin Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positive electrode active material in the form of a single particle and a lithium secondary battery containing the positive electrode active material thereof are provided. The positive electrode active material has a nicke...