ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,035, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Cathode active material for lithium secondary battery, lithium secondary battery and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Ji Hoon Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Bok Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jik Soo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Hee Jun Kweon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sung Soon Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery of embodiments of the present invention includes a lithium composite oxide, a first coating part formed on a surface of the lithium composite oxide and...