ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,703,000, issued on Aug. 11, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Die coater capable of multi-layer coating of active materials" was invented by Joon Sun Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Shin Wook Jeon (Daejeon, South Korea), Taek Soo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Man Hyeong Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Min Hyuck Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Guk Tae Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A die coater capable of simultaneously coating a current collector with two different liquids in multiple layers includes a first body with a first manifold for an electrode slurry, a second body with a second manif...