ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,456,749, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery cell activation method and battery cell manufacturing method comprising same" was invented by Gyu Ok Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of activating a battery cell and a method of manufacturing a battery cell including the same, and more particularly, to a battery cell activation method capable of easily discharging gas trapped between a separator and an electrode inside an electrode assembly of a battery cell, and preventing discharge of a large amount of electrolyte solution during a gas discharging proce...