ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,091, issued on June 30, was assigned to CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) Ltd. (Hong Kong).

"Binder and preparation method thereof, separator, electrode assembly, battery cell, battery, and electric apparatus" was invented by Haiyi Hong (Ningde, China), Lei Li (Ningde, China), Xiaonan Cheng (Ningde, China), Jianrui Yang (Ningde, China), Peng Wang (Ningde, China), Yi Zheng (Ningde, China) and Chengdong Sun (Ningde, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This application relates to the field of battery technologies, and in particular, to a binder and a preparation method thereof, and a separator, electrode assembly, battery cel...