ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,234, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SK INNOVATION Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea) and SK IE TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Separator, method of manufacturing separator, and electrochemical device including separator" was invented by Yun Bong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyu Young Cho (Daejeon, South Korea), Tae Wook Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Heung Taek Bae (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A separator, a method of manufacturing the separator, and an electrochemical device including the separator. The separator includes: a porous substrate; and an inorganic particle layer formed on at least one surf...