ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,463,207, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Lithium metal negative electrode and electrochemical device comprising the same" was invented by Do-Joong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ki-Hyun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a lithium metal negative electrode comprising a lithium metal layer, and an oxide layer on at least one surface of the lithium metal layer, wherein the oxide layer has a cracked region and a non-cracked region, and a method for manufacturing the same, and since the oxide layer on at least one surface of the lithium met...