ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,960, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Porous separator and lithium secondary battery comprising same" was invented by Woongchul Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Junghun Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Yonghee Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Minchul Jang (Daejeon, South Korea), Suk Il Youn (Daejeon, South Korea) and Byoungkuk Son (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a porous separator comprising a porous layer containing a plurality of plate-type inorganic particles and a first binder polymer positioned on part or all of the surface of the plate-t...