ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,754, issued on June 3, was assigned to NISSAN CHEMICAL Corp. (Tokyo).

"Polymer, additive for nonaqueous electrolyte solutions, nonaqueous electrolyte solution, and lithium ion secondary battery" was invented by Yuki Shibano (Funabashi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a polymer which contains a repeating unit represented by formula (1).(In the formula, n represents an integer of 1 or more; R1 represents an optionally substituted monovalent aliphatic hydrocarbon group having from 1 to 60 carbon atoms, an optionally substituted monovalent aromatic hydrocarbon group having from 6 to 60 carbon atoms or a...