ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,732, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Anode including graphite and silicon-based material having different diameters and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Junghyun Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyeon Min Song (Daejeon, South Korea), Joo Hwan Sung (Daejeon, South Korea), Han Sol Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Minsu Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Sunghae Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Jingoo Kwak (Daejeon, South Korea), Younguk Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Sue Jin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jinsu Jang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presen...