ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,754, issued on July 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Separator for secondary battery and lithium secondary battery comprising same" was invented by Daehyun Hong (Suwon-si, South Korea), Dowon Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Imhyuck Bae (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyunwook Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jaehyun Cho (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a separator for a secondary battery including a porous substrate and a coating layer disposed on at least one surface of the porous substrate. The coating layer includes a first fluorine-based binder including a vinylidene fluor...