ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,115, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Negative electrode active material for lithium ion secondary battery, negative electrode, and lithium ion secondary battery including the same" was invented by Mi Ryeong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jong Hyuk Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hee Gyoung Kang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a negative electrode active material for a lithium ion secondary battery, a negative electrode, and a lithium ion secondary battery including the same. In the present disclosure, a crown ether-based host material which is a...