ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,218, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Electrode assembly for secondary battery" was invented by Donghyuk Chang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Bokhyun Ka (Yongin-si, South Korea), Kyeuyoon Sheem (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jinhyon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode assembly, including an electrode plate at opposite sides of a separator, the electrode plate including a double-sided coated region having an active material on opposite sides of a substrate forming a current collector, and a single-sided coated region having an active material on a single su...