ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,078, issued on July 8, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Rechargeable lithium battery" was invented by Pilsang Yun (Yongin-si, South Korea), Do-Yu Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Hyunbeom Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sangin Park (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yongchan You (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A rechargeable lithium battery includes a positive electrode including a positive electrode active material including a secondary particle in which a plurality of primary particles are aggregated, the secondary particle having at least a portion of the primary particles radially arrange...