ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,218,308, issued on Feb. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Additive, electrolyte for rechargeable lithium battery and rechargeable lithium battery" was invented by Wonseok Cho (Yongin-si, South Korea), Dahyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Minseo Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sanghyung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sanghoon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sangwoo Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyejin Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Myungheui Woo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Bokyung Ryu (Yongin-si, South Korea), Tae Jin Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Olga Tsay (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Pavel Shatunov (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* releas...