ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,283,710, issued on April 22, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery cell including gas discharging portion" was invented by Taek Eon Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Mo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Ju Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Gyu Byun (Daejeon, South Korea), Sun Min Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Eun Soo Cho (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cell includes: an electrode assembly; a battery case accommodating the electrode assembly and an electrolyte; and a gas discharging portion disposed between the electrode assembly and the battery case, and opening and closing a flow pat...