ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,136, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Cylindrical secondary battery" was invented by Sung Gwi Ko (Yongin-si, South Korea), Gun Gue Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyun Ki Jung (Yongin-si, South Korea), Myung Seob Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yoon Sun Yoo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Woo Tae Jun (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Gwan Hyeon Yu (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cylindrical secondary battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate, a separator, and a second electrode plate; a cylindrical case accommodating the electrode assembly an...