ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,345, issued on July 29, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

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

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a cathode active material for a secondary battery, which includes a lithium metal oxide particle having a form of a secondary particle in which a plurality of primary particles are agglomerated, wherein the primary particles comprise a particle having a triangular shape which has a...