ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,650, issued on March 3, was assigned to DUPONT SAFETY & CONSTRUCTION INC. (Wilmington, Del.) and NIPPON KOSOSHI Corp. (Kochi-City, Japan).

"Separator containing para-aramid fibers, and electrochemical device including the same" was invented by Yuhei Nishimori (Kochi-City, Japan), Gaku Matsuoka (Kochi-City, Japan), Takumi Ichimura (Kochi-City, Japan) and Norihiro Wada (Kochi-City, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This separator is for electrochemical elements, is to be interposed between a pair of electrodes, and includes para-aramid fibers for holding an electrolytic solution. The separator for electrochemical elements is charact...