ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,215, issued on July 22, was assigned to Samsung SDI Co. Ltd. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Heat resistant layer composition, lithium secondary battery separator comprising heat resistant layer formed therefrom, and lithium secondary battery comprising same" was invented by Yeonjoo Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Gain Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yangseob Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Yongkyoung Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Jungyoon Lee (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a heat resistant layer composition, a heat resistant layer formed therefrom, and a separator for a lithium secon...