ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,488, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to SYENSQO SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.p.A. (Bollate, Italy).
"High performance binders for lithium battery electrodes" was invented by Julio A. Abusleme (Saronno, Italy), Segolene Brusseau (Tavaux, France), Andrea Vittorio Oriani (Milan), Michele Fiore (Siena, Italy) and Roberto Biancardi (Bellinzago Lombardo, Italy).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention pertains to vinylidene fluoride copolymers comprising recurring units derived from hydrophilic monomers and to their use as binder for electrodes in Li-ion batteries."
The patent was filed on June 6, 2022, under Application No. 18/569...