ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,281, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lithium secondary battery with inhibited exsolution of transition metal" was invented by Jun Hyeok Han (Daejeon, South Korea), Su Hyeon Ji (Daejeon, South Korea), Chul Haeng Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyoung Ho Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea), Won Kyung Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Won Tae Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Ho Oh (Daejeon, South Korea) and You Kyeong Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lithium secondary battery has excellent economic feasibility and safety because an iron phosphate of Formula 2 having an olivine...