ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,308,471, issued on May 20, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Separator having no separator substrate and electrochemical device including the same" was invented by Min Ji Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwan Woo Nam (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyung Ho Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea), Je An Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Young Bok Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Chul Haeng Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Hoon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sol Ji Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a separator for electrochemical devices, configured to guarantee electrical insulation between a positive ...