ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,255,349, issued on March 18, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Separator for secondary battery having excellent electrolyte impregnation" was invented by Kyung Ryun Ka (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Joon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), In Hyouk Sung (Daejeon, South Korea) and Je An Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator for a secondary battery having a separator substrate and a coating layer formed on the separator substrate. The coating layer is on at least one surface of the separator substrate. The coating layer comprises an acrylate-based binder and an additive. The additive is a ...