ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,501, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ZEON Corp. (Tokyo).

"Binder composition for non-aqueous secondary battery electrode, slurry composition for non-aqueous secondary battery electrode, electrode for non-aqueous secondary battery, and non-aqueous secondary battery" was invented by Yukie Ito (Tokyo) and Tsutomu Fujii (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A binder composition for a non-aqueous secondary battery electrode contains a specific binder component, a plasticizer, and an organic solvent. The binder component includes an insoluble polymer that includes a (meth)acrylic acid ester monomer unit and an ethylenically unsaturate...