ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,565,029, issued on March 3, was assigned to RightRoute Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Functional fabric obtained by recycling separator for secondary battery, and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Min Jeong Shin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a functional fabric manufacturing method and a functional fabric thereby, which relates to a method for manufacturing an upcycle functional fabric, comprising steps of: (a) preparing a separator sheet with a microporous structure discarded due to treatment as defective or overproduction in production processes for manufacturing secon...