ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,277, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and apparatus for charging battery" was invented by Daeryong Jung (Seoul, South Korea), Ju Wan Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinho Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Young Hun Sung (Hwaseong-si, South Korea) and Duk Jin Oh (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a method and apparatus for charging a battery, the method includes a method of charging a battery, the method including determining an aging rate coefficient based on an internal state of the battery and an aging parameter related to aging of the battery, pr...