ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,237,536, issued on Feb. 25, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Separator for lithium secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising same" was invented by Yongkyoung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Gain Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Jungyoon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yeonjoo Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Yangseob Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a separator for a lithium secondary battery, and a lithium secondary battery including same. The separator includes a porous substrate, and a coating layer on at least one surface of the porou...