ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,531,314, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to SK INNOVATION Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea) and SK IE TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Separator for secondary battery and electrochemical device using the same" was invented by Won Sub Kwack (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Sang Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Yun Bong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Yeon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kyu Young Cho (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a separator for an aqueous secondary battery and an electrochemical device using the same. More specifically, provided is a composite separator having a more excellent cycle life ...