ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,097, issued on May 6, was assigned to Youlchon Chemical Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Primer layer composition, secondary battery pouch film using the same, and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Nok Jung Song (Seoul, South Korea), Han Chul Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea), Hee Sik Han (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Ji Min Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are a method for manufacturing a secondary battery pouch film having at least an outer layer, a metal layer, a primer layer, and a sealant layer, or at least an outer layer, a metal layer, a primer layer, a melt-extrusion resin l...