ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,884, issued on May 27, was assigned to SAMYANG Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Non-aqueous electrolyte composition for lithium secondary battery having improved lifespan, and lithium secondary battery including same" was invented by Jae Hoon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Hwan Kim (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hoon Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jae Guk Noh (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to: a non-aqueous electrolyte composition for a lithium secondary battery, comprising an anhydrosugar alcohol derivative; and a lithium secondary battery including same and, more specifically, to: a n...