ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,476, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ZEON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Dispersant composition for electrochemical device, conductive material dispersion liquid for electrochemical device, slurry composition for electrochemical device electrode and method of producing same, electrode for electrochemical device, and electrochemical device" was invented by Yukie Ito (Tokyo) and Akito Nakai (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A dispersant composition for an electrochemical device contains a polymer including a nitrile group-containing monomer unit and an alkylene structural unit. Upon measurement of the polymer contained in the composition by dy...