ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,506,140, issued on Dec. 23, 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 Hae Suk Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Han 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 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first anode active material and a second anode active material, each of which includes a carbon-based active material and has a crystallite size in a range from 50 nm to 60 nm. An XRD orientation ratio of the first ano...