ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,469,882, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sogang University Research & Business Development Foundation (Seoul, South Korea).

"Additive, and lithium secondary battery electrolyte and lithium battery which comprise same" was invented by Tae Jin Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Bongjin Moon (Seoul, South Korea), Youngchan Bang (Seoul, South Korea), Wonseok Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea), Soojin Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sanghoon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Injun Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Myungheui Woo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Junyong Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Hyejeong Jeong (Yongin-si, South Korea).

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