ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,983, issued on July 14, was assigned to Resonac Corp. (Tokyo).

"Coating liquid composition, substrate with coating film, separator, secondary battery, and electrode material" was invented by Jun Konishi (Tokyo) and Atsushi Sugawara (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a coating liquid composition that is less likely to deform even when heat is applied to a coating liquid for a paint mainly containing a polymer, an ink, an adhesive, and an anode, a cathode, or a separator of a lithium ion battery, for example. The coating liquid composition includes a filler, a solvent, a dispersant, and a thickener. When the coating liqu...