ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,195, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte, and lithium secondary battery comprising the same" was invented by Jeong Woo Oh (Daejeon, South Korea), Chul Haeng Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Yu Ha An (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sung Guk Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a non-aqueous electrolyte comprising a lithium salt; an organic solvent; and a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1, wherein the invention can control moisture in the lithium secondary battery in which the non-aqueous electrolyte is used, suppres...