ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,245, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SK ON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Positive electrode active material for lithium secondary battery, method for manufacturing same, and lithium secondary battery including same" was invented by Mi Jung Noh (Daejeon, South Korea), Jik Soo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kook Hyun Han (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cathode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to embodiments of the present invention includes a lithium metal oxide particle which includes a core part and a shell part and contains nickel (Ni), cobalt (Co) and manganese (Mn). A total Ni c...