US Patent Issued to Samsung SDI on Jan. 13 for "Additive, electrolyte comprising same for rechargeable lithium battery, and rechargeable lithium battery" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,648, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Additive, electrolyte comprising same for rechargeable lithium battery, and rechargeable lithium battery" was invented by Sanghyung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Tae Jin Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Minseo Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Myungheui Woo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyejin Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sanghoon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Dahyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Bokyung Ryu (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an additive represented by Chemical Formula 1, an electrolyte for a rechargeabl...