ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,479,981, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to ZEON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Binder composition for electrochemical device, conductive material dispersion liquid for electrochemical device, slurry for electrochemical device electrode, electrode for electrochemical device, and electrochemical device" was invented by Akito Nakai (Tokyo) and Naoki Takahashi (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a binder composition that is capable of producing a conductive material dispersion liquid having excellent dispersibility and that can cause an electrochemical device to display excellent cycle characteristics. The binder composition contains a first...