ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,093, issued on July 21, was assigned to HANSOL CHEMICAL Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Copolymer for separator, and secondary battery comprising same" was invented by Go-Eun Lee (Wanju-gun, South Korea), Bo-Ok Jang (Wanju-gun, South Korea), Jin-Yeong Kim (Wanju-gun, South Korea), Seung-Heon Kim (Wanju-gun, South Korea), Jun Park (Wanju-gun, South Korea), Sae-Wook Oh (Wanju-gun, South Korea) and Se-Man Kwon (Wanju-gun, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a copolymer, which contains: an acrylonitrile-based monomer unit in an amount in a range of greater than 0 wt % and 15 wt % or less; a hydrox...