US Patent Issued to Celgard on Nov. 11 for "Microlayer membranes, improved battery separators, and related methods" (American, Japanese, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,119, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Celgard LLC (Charlotte, N.C.).

"Microlayer membranes, improved battery separators, and related methods" was invented by Kang Karen Xiao (Mississauga, Canada), Eric J. Penegar (Fort Mill, S.C.), Takahiko Kondo (Shiga, Japan), Robert Nark (Fort Mill, S.C.), Eric R. White (Fort Mill, S.C.), Xiaomin Zhang (Charlotte, N.C.), Kristoffer K. Stokes (Lunenburg, Mass.), Stefan Reinartz (Waxhaw, N.C.) and Masaaki Okada (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described herein is a multilayer microporous film or membrane that may exhibit improved properties, including improved dielectric break down and...