ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,243,975, issued on March 4, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Method for manufacturing secondary battery and pouch for secondary battery" was invented by Sung Chul Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Wook Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Dae Won Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Dong Hyeuk Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a secondary battery includes a forming step of pressing a pouch sheet by using a press die so that left and right accommodation grooves, which are bilaterally symmetrical to each other and are opened upward, and a bridge connecting the left and right...