ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,444,736, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Negative active material and rechargeable lithium battery including same" was invented by Hyejin Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Pil Jin Yoo (Yongin-si, South Korea), Deok-Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youngugk Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jaehou Nah (Yongin-si, South Korea), Ilyoung Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Eunji Kang (Yongin-si, South Korea), Sunil Park (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jaewon Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Doori Oh (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yookyung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Narae Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Banseok Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

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