ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,800, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to U&S ENERGY INC. (Cheonan-si, South Korea).

"Current collector for positive electrode" was invented by Kyung Joon Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Seung Ho Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Young Hun Jin (Gyeryong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A current collector for a positive electrode according to the present invention may include a base film, a conductive material provided on at least one of upper and lower surfaces of the base film, a metal piece provided on the upper or lower surface of the base film and electrically connected to the conductive material, and a lead tab joined to ...