ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,424,704, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Binder and separator containing same" was invented by Haiyang Kang (Ningde, China), Lei Li (Ningde, China), Yi Zheng (Ningde, China), Chengdong Sun (Ningde, China) and Shaohua Ai (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A binder includes a polymer and ceramic particles modified with silane coupling agent. The polymer contains structural units derived from a first-type monomer, a second-type monomer, and a third-type monomer, and a molar ratio of the first-type monomer, the second-type monomer, and the third-type monomer is (5...