ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,144, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to POSCO HOLDINGS INC. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Anode active material for lithium secondary battery, method for preparing same, and lithium secondary battery comprising same" was invented by Yong Jung Kim (Pohang-si, South Korea), Seung Jae You (Pohang-si, South Korea), Eun-Tae Kang (Pohang-si, South Korea) and Jung Gyu Woo (Pohang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An embodiment of the present invention provides an anode active material for a lithium secondary battery, which is a porous silicon-carbon composite including a plurality of nano-silicon particles embedded in a carbon-based mat...