ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,363, issued on April 21, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Phosphorylated vinyl acetate copolymer, separator, and non-aqueous electrolyte battery including the same" was invented by Kyung An Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea) and Kyu Seong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flame retardant group-containing polymer, a separator of a non-aqueous electrolyte battery comprising the flame retardant group-containing polymer, and a non-aqueous electrolyte battery. The flame retardant group-containing polymer includes a first repeating unit, a second repeating unit, and a third repeating unit."...