ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,057, issued on May 6, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte solution and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Jeong Woo Oh (Daejeon, South Korea), Yoon Gyo Cho (Daejeon, South Korea) and Chul Haeng Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A non-aqueous electrolyte solution has improved high-temperature stability and high-temperature durability and a lithium secondary battery including the same. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution may include a lithium salt; a non-aqueous organic solvent; and a compound represented by Formula 1 of a specific str...