LG Energy Solution Rewards Employees as 'Battery Technology Inventor King and Patent King' for the First Time

Among Patents Registered in the Last 2 Years, Inventor King Review
Kwon Young-soo "Will Spare No Support for Research and Development"

LG Energy Solution announced on the 18th that it held the '2023 Inventor King Awards Ceremony' in celebration of Invention Day in May and rewarded employees who achieved success in securing intellectual property rights related to batteries.

At the event held at the Park One headquarters in Yeongdeungpo-gu, Seoul, LG Energy Solution selected and rewarded the 'Inventor King' who filed influential innovative patents and the 'Application King' who filed numerous core patents. LG Energy Solution introduced the Inventor King award system for the first time this year and will continue to hold it annually.

LG Energy Solution 2023 Inventor of the Year Awards Ceremony
[Photo by LG Energy Solution]

The Inventor King was selected from six individuals whose patents registered within the last two years were fairly reviewed by internal and external expert groups and who made groundbreaking contributions to the battery business. The Inventor King Gold Award was given to Team Leader Lee Taek-su of the Electrode Technology Center, who invented the double-layer coating technology for electrode processes, which was the world's first applied to mass production of electric vehicle batteries. This technology is a core electrode process technology that significantly improves battery energy density and charging speed by applying different characteristics to the upper and lower layers through double coating of the electrode.

Other recipients of the Inventor King awards included the Pouch Manufacturing Technology that reduced pouch crack defect rates in automotive batteries (Silver Award, Senior Researcher Park Sung-chul), Silicon-based anode active material application technology for high-speed charging (Silver Award, Senior Researcher Lee Soo-min), new electrolyte additives for high-voltage batteries (Bronze Award, Senior Researcher Lee Jung-min), battery life degradation diagnosis technology (Bronze Award, Research Fellow Bae Yoon-jung), and CNT (carbon nanotube) conductive agent dispersion improvement technology (Bronze Award, Senior Researcher Kim Ye-rin). An LG Energy Solution official explained, "The patented technologies selected as Inventor Kings are core technologies that have enabled the explosive growth of the electric vehicle market."

The Application King Gold Award was given to Senior Researcher Jang Sung-hwan of the Pack Development Team, who contributed to a total of 17 core patent applications in the field of module and pack safety improvements. Other recipients of the Application King awards included Senior Researcher Oh Jung-woo (Silver Award), Senior Researcher Jo Min-ki (Silver Award), Senior Researcher Park Won-kyung (Bronze Award), Senior Researcher Lim Jae-won (Bronze Award), and Senior Researcher Kim Young-jae (Bronze Award).

Kwon Young-soo, Vice Chairman of LG Energy Solution, said, "The core driving force that has allowed LG Energy Solution to lead the global battery market is the technological capabilities accumulated over more than 30 years and overwhelming intellectual property rights." He added, "We will generously support creating a research and development environment where our members can take on innovative challenges."

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