ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,087, issued on May 6, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Negative electrode active material for lithium secondary battery, and negative electrode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Hee Won Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Wook Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Eun Kyung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Seung Youn Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Je Young Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery which includes first negative electrode active material particles including artif...