ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,229, issued on Dec. 16, 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 Yang Kyu Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Seon Ah Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jong Hyuk Lee (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 silicon-based active material that includes a core particle and a carbon coating formed over or on the core particle. The anode active material satisfies specific relation within a specific range. A lithium secondary battery includes...