ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,286, issued on March 18, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrolyte solution for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Hyun Seung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Chul Haeng Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Yu Ha An (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jeong Woo Oh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolyte solution for a lithium secondary battery and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, an electrolyte solution includes a lithium salt, an additive including a compound represented by Formula ...