ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,817, issued on May 13, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Anode for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery including the same" was invented by So Hyun Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Chan Young Jeon (Daejeon, South Korea), Hee Gyoung Kang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hae Suk Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode for a lithium secondary battery according to exemplary embodiments may include an anode current collector and an active material layer formed on at least one surface of the anode current collector and having a value of pore resistance to density within a predetermin...