ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,078, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Anode active material for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by Gwi Ok Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Seok Keun Yoo (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Il Jang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ju Ho Chung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode active material for a lithium secondary battery includes a carbon-based particle including pores therein, a silicon-containing coating layer formed at an inside the pores of the carbon-based particle or on a surface of the carbon-based particle, and a carbo...