ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,222, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Electrode for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery including the same" was invented by Gwangwon Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Juhye Bae (Yongin-si, South Korea), Won-Gi Ahn (Yongin-si, South Korea), Taeil Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Min-young Jeong (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same, the electrode including a current collector and a first active material layer disposed on the current coll...