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Lithium stuffed garnet setter plates for solid electrolyte fabrication
- Patent number 12,111,109
- Issue date Oct 8, 2024
- QuantumScape Battery, Inc.
- Sriram Iyer
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Electrolyte membrane for lithium secondary battery and membrane-ele...
- Patent number 12,107,217
- Issue date Oct 1, 2024
- Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
- Duk Joon Kim
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Piezoelectric polymer blend and composite compositions including li...
- Patent number 12,048,248
- Issue date Jul 23, 2024
- SABIC Global Technologies, B.V.
- Soma Guhathakurta
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Solid composite electrolyte
- Patent number 12,034,111
- Issue date Jul 9, 2024
- Solvay Specialty Polymers Italy S.p.A.
- Paula Cojocaru
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Ionomers of ethylene acid copolymers with enhanced creep resistance
- Patent number 12,018,143
- Issue date Jun 25, 2024
- Dow Global Technologies LLC
- Richard Tien Hua Chou
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Vinylidene fluoride copolymer particles and use thereof
- Patent number 11,919,983
- Issue date Mar 5, 2024
- Kureha Corporation
- Kayoko Okada
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Method for producing vinyl ether polymer containing hydrocarbon gro...
- Patent number 11,891,461
- Issue date Feb 6, 2024
- Maruzen Petrochemical Co., LTD
- Shinji Sugihara
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Graft copolymer and use thereof
- Patent number 11,827,730
- Issue date Nov 28, 2023
- Eternal Materials Co., Ltd.
- Wei-Chih Chen
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Binder for the lithium secondary battery, electrode comprising same...
- Patent number 11,817,584
- Issue date Nov 14, 2023
- IPI TECH INC.
- Seung Wan Song
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Member for electrochemical devices, and electrochemical device
- Patent number 11,777,137
- Issue date Oct 3, 2023
- LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
- Hideyuki Ogawa
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Flame-retardant polyester film
- Patent number 11,753,512
- Issue date Sep 12, 2023
- Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
- Wen-Cheng Yang
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
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Electrodepositable compositions and electrodeposited coatings inclu...
- Patent number 11,616,220
- Issue date Mar 28, 2023
- PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
- Randy E. Daughenbaugh
- C25 - ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES APPARATUS THEREFOR
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Lithium stuffed garnet setter plates for solid electrolyte fabrication
- Patent number 11,592,237
- Issue date Feb 28, 2023
- QuantumScape Battery, Inc.
- Sriram Iyer
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Polishing composition containing amphoteric surfactant
- Patent number 11,459,486
- Issue date Oct 4, 2022
- NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
- Hiroaki Sakaida
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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Lithium stuffed garnet setter plates for solid electrolyte fabrication
- Patent number 11,391,514
- Issue date Jul 19, 2022
- QuantumScape Battery, Inc.
- Sriram Iyer
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Encapsulated cathode active material particles, lithium secondary b...
- Patent number 11,342,555
- Issue date May 24, 2022
- Global Graphene Group, Inc.
- Aruna Zhamu
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Coated lithium-nickel composite oxide particles, and method for pro...
- Patent number 11,196,049
- Issue date Dec 7, 2021
- Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
- Yosuke Ota
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Preparation of a coatings formulation with alkali swellable polymer...
- Patent number 11,155,722
- Issue date Oct 26, 2021
- Rohm and Haas Company
- James K. Bardman
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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Sealing material
- Patent number 11,091,622
- Issue date Aug 17, 2021
- NOK Corporation
- Asahi Kitagawa
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
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Composition for resin surface roughening
- Patent number 11,084,915
- Issue date Aug 10, 2021
- Sumitomo Seika Chemicals Co., Ltd.
- Kiyoshi Nishioka
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Dispensable chemical composition with high amount of filler materia...
- Patent number 10,954,387
- Issue date Mar 23, 2021
- S.A.E.S. Getters S.p.A.
- Paolo Vacca
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Fluoropolymer compositions with high content of inorganic material
- Patent number 10,947,378
- Issue date Mar 16, 2021
- 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Klaus Hintzer
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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Lithium containing nanofibers
- Patent number 10,903,482
- Issue date Jan 26, 2021
- Cornell University
- Yong Lak Joo
- B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
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Barrier coatings for film and structures
- Patent number 10,851,259
- Issue date Dec 1, 2020
- NanoPack, Inc.
- Howard S. Kravitz
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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Methods of coating an electrically conductive substrate and related...
- Patent number 10,763,490
- Issue date Sep 1, 2020
- PPG Industries Ohio, Inc.
- Randy E. Daughenbaugh
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Lithium stuffed garnet setter plates for solid electrolyte fabrication
- Patent number 10,746,468
- Issue date Aug 18, 2020
- QuantumScape Corporation
- Sriram Iyer
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Organo-modified layered double hydroxides and composite polymer mat...
- Patent number 10,745,536
- Issue date Aug 18, 2020
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Fabrice Leroux
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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Binder containing polyvinylidene fluoride capable of fixing to a me...
- Patent number 10,717,890
- Issue date Jul 21, 2020
- Arkema France
- Stéphane Bizet
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Polymer electrolyte and lithium secondary battery including the same
- Patent number 10,700,379
- Issue date Jun 30, 2020
- LG Chem, Ltd.
- Kyoung Ho Ahn
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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Adhesive film
- Patent number 10,626,307
- Issue date Apr 21, 2020
- LG Chem, Ltd.
- Hyun Jee Yoo
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...

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AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS FOR PROTECTIVE COATINGS, PREPARATION OF SAME,...
- Publication number 20240384059
- Publication date Nov 21, 2024
- Universite De Limoges
- Sylvie ROSSIGNOL
- B05 - SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATER...
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METHOD OF PREPARING A HETEROGENEOUS COMPOSITE CHEMICAL CURATIVE DIS...
- Publication number 20230391981
- Publication date Dec 7, 2023
- CI TECHNOLOGY SDN BHD
- Kok Ho TEE
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER BLEND AND COMPOSITE COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING LI...
- Publication number 20230127574
- Publication date Apr 27, 2023
- SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
- Soma GUHATHAKURTA
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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METHOD FOR OBTAINING SUPERABSORBENT POLYMERS VIA ALKALINE HYDROLYSI...
- Publication number 20230108608
- Publication date Apr 6, 2023
- INSTITUTO GRANADO DE TECNOLOGIA DA POLIACRILONITRILA LTDA
- Nilton PEREIRA ALVES GRANADO
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
LITHIUM STUFFED GARNET SETTER PLATES FOR SOLID ELECTROLYTE FABRICATION
- Publication number 20220214110
- Publication date Jul 7, 2022
- QUANTUMSCAPE BATTERY, INC.
- Sriram IYER
- C04 - CEMENTS CONCRETE ARTIFICIAL STONE CERAMICS REFRACTORIES
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FLEXIBLE AND LOW COST LEAD-FREE PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES WITH HIGH...
- Publication number 20220158075
- Publication date May 19, 2022
- SABIC Global Technologies B.V.
- Jibran KHALIQ
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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GRAFT COPOLYMER AND USE THEREOF
- Publication number 20220135723
- Publication date May 5, 2022
- ETERNAL MATERIALS CO., LTD.
- WEI-CHIH CHEN
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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LITHIUM STUFFED GARNET SETTER PLATES FOR SOLID ELECTROLYTE FABRICATION
- Publication number 20220113091
- Publication date Apr 14, 2022
- QUANTUMSCAPE BATTERY, INC.
- Sriram IYER
- B30 - PRESSES
Information Patent Application
SOLID COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTE
- Publication number 20220093959
- Publication date Mar 24, 2022
- SOLVAY SPECIALTY POLYMERS ITALY S.P.A.
- Paula COJOCARU
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
FLAME-RETARDANT POLYESTER FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
- Publication number 20220017707
- Publication date Jan 20, 2022
- Nan Ya Plastics Corporation
- Wen-Cheng Yang
- B29 - WORKING OF PLASTICS WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE, IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND MEMBRANE-ELE...
- Publication number 20210313620
- Publication date Oct 7, 2021
- Research & Business Foundation Sungkyunkwan University
- Duk Joon KIM
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
IONOMERS OF ETHYLENE ACID COPOLYMERS WITH ENHANCED CREEP RESISTANCE
- Publication number 20210261762
- Publication date Aug 26, 2021
- Performance Materials NA, Inc.
- Richard Tien Hua Chou
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
FUNCTIONAL FLUOROPOLYMERS
- Publication number 20210171693
- Publication date Jun 10, 2021
- Arkema Inc.
- James T. GOLDBACH
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
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MEMBER FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE
- Publication number 20210135275
- Publication date May 6, 2021
- Hitachi Chemical Company, Ltd.
- Hideyuki OGAWA
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
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METHOD FOR PRODUCING VINYL ETHER POLYMER CONTAINING HYDROCARBON GRO...
- Publication number 20210122847
- Publication date Apr 29, 2021
- MARUZEN PETROCHEMICAL CO., LTD.
- Shinji SUGIHARA
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
LITHIUM STUFFED GARNET SETTER PLATES FOR SOLID ELECTROLYTE FABRICATION
- Publication number 20200333076
- Publication date Oct 22, 2020
- QuantumScape Corporation
- Sriram IYER
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
PREPARATION OF A COATINGS FORMULATION WITH ALKALI SWELLABLE POLYMER...
- Publication number 20200299527
- Publication date Sep 24, 2020
- DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC
- James K. Bardman
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
RESIN COMPOSITION, LAMINATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, ELECT...
- Publication number 20200131314
- Publication date Apr 30, 2020
- TORAY INDUSTRIES, INC.
- Natsuko CHAYAMA
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
POLISHING COMPOSITION CONTAINING AMPHOTERIC SURFACTANT
- Publication number 20200123414
- Publication date Apr 23, 2020
- NISSAN CHEMICAL CORPORATION
- Hiroaki SAKAIDA
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...
Information Patent Application
ENCAPSULATED CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PARTICLES, LITHIUM SECONDARY B...
- Publication number 20200091507
- Publication date Mar 19, 2020
- Global Graphene Group, Inc.
- Aruna Zhamu
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
DISPENSABLE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION WITH HIGH AMOUNT OF FILLER MATERIA...
- Publication number 20200062961
- Publication date Feb 27, 2020
- SAES GETTERS S.P.A.
- Paolo VACCA
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS WITH HIGH CONTENT OF INORGANIC MATERIAL
- Publication number 20190077950
- Publication date Mar 14, 2019
- 3M Innovative Properties Company
- Klaus Hintzer
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
SEALING MATERIAL
- Publication number 20190062544
- Publication date Feb 28, 2019
- NOK Corporation
- Asahi KITAGAWA
- F16 - ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINT...
Information Patent Application
Encapsulated Cathode Active Material Particles, Lithium Secondary B...
- Publication number 20180294474
- Publication date Oct 11, 2018
- Nanotek Instruments, Inc.
- Aruna Zhamu
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
NON-ASBESTOS FRICTION MATERIAL
- Publication number 20180231085
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- ADVICS CO., LTD.
- Osayoshi KATO
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
COMPOSITE ACTIVE MATERIAL PARTICLE, CATHODE, ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIU...
- Publication number 20180219229
- Publication date Aug 2, 2018
- Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
- Nariaki Miki
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
ORGANO-MODIFIED LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES AND COMPOSITE POLYMER MAT...
- Publication number 20180208739
- Publication date Jul 26, 2018
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique
- Fabrice LEROUX
- C01 - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
LITHIUM CONTAINING NANOFIBERS
- Publication number 20180130999
- Publication date May 10, 2018
- Cornell University
- Yong Lak Joo
- B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
Information Patent Application
COATED LITHIUM-NICKEL COMPOSITE OXIDE PARTICLES, AND METHOD FOR PRO...
- Publication number 20170207454
- Publication date Jul 20, 2017
- Sumitomo Metal Mining Co., Ltd.
- Yosuke OTA
- H01 - BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
Information Patent Application
Curable Composition, Temporary Bonding Material, and Method for Tem...
- Publication number 20170073547
- Publication date Mar 16, 2017
- Tsuyoshi OGAWA
- C09 - DYES PAINTS POLISHES NATURAL RESINS ADHESIVES MISCELLANEOUS COMPOSITION...

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Lithium stuffed garnet setter plates for solid electrolyte fabrication

Electrolyte membrane for lithium secondary battery and membrane-ele...

Piezoelectric polymer blend and composite compositions including li...

Solid composite electrolyte

Ionomers of ethylene acid copolymers with enhanced creep resistance

Vinylidene fluoride copolymer particles and use thereof

Method for producing vinyl ether polymer containing hydrocarbon gro...

Graft copolymer and use thereof

Binder for the lithium secondary battery, electrode comprising same...

Member for electrochemical devices, and electrochemical device

Flame-retardant polyester film

Electrodepositable compositions and electrodeposited coatings inclu...

Lithium stuffed garnet setter plates for solid electrolyte fabrication

Polishing composition containing amphoteric surfactant

Lithium stuffed garnet setter plates for solid electrolyte fabrication

Encapsulated cathode active material particles, lithium secondary b...

Coated lithium-nickel composite oxide particles, and method for pro...

Preparation of a coatings formulation with alkali swellable polymer...

Sealing material

Composition for resin surface roughening

Dispensable chemical composition with high amount of filler materia...

Fluoropolymer compositions with high content of inorganic material

Lithium containing nanofibers

Barrier coatings for film and structures

Methods of coating an electrically conductive substrate and related...

Lithium stuffed garnet setter plates for solid electrolyte fabrication

Organo-modified layered double hydroxides and composite polymer mat...

Binder containing polyvinylidene fluoride capable of fixing to a me...

Polymer electrolyte and lithium secondary battery including the same

Adhesive film

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

AQUEOUS COMPOSITIONS FOR PROTECTIVE COATINGS, PREPARATION OF SAME,...

METHOD OF PREPARING A HETEROGENEOUS COMPOSITE CHEMICAL CURATIVE DIS...

PIEZOELECTRIC POLYMER BLEND AND COMPOSITE COMPOSITIONS INCLUDING LI...

METHOD FOR OBTAINING SUPERABSORBENT POLYMERS VIA ALKALINE HYDROLYSI...

LITHIUM STUFFED GARNET SETTER PLATES FOR SOLID ELECTROLYTE FABRICATION

FLEXIBLE AND LOW COST LEAD-FREE PIEZOELECTRIC COMPOSITES WITH HIGH...

GRAFT COPOLYMER AND USE THEREOF

LITHIUM STUFFED GARNET SETTER PLATES FOR SOLID ELECTROLYTE FABRICATION

SOLID COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTE

FLAME-RETARDANT POLYESTER FILM AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME

ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND MEMBRANE-ELE...

IONOMERS OF ETHYLENE ACID COPOLYMERS WITH ENHANCED CREEP RESISTANCE

FUNCTIONAL FLUOROPOLYMERS

MEMBER FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE

METHOD FOR PRODUCING VINYL ETHER POLYMER CONTAINING HYDROCARBON GRO...

LITHIUM STUFFED GARNET SETTER PLATES FOR SOLID ELECTROLYTE FABRICATION

PREPARATION OF A COATINGS FORMULATION WITH ALKALI SWELLABLE POLYMER...

RESIN COMPOSITION, LAMINATE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, ELECT...

POLISHING COMPOSITION CONTAINING AMPHOTERIC SURFACTANT

ENCAPSULATED CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL PARTICLES, LITHIUM SECONDARY B...

DISPENSABLE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION WITH HIGH AMOUNT OF FILLER MATERIA...

FLUOROPOLYMER COMPOSITIONS WITH HIGH CONTENT OF INORGANIC MATERIAL

SEALING MATERIAL

Encapsulated Cathode Active Material Particles, Lithium Secondary B...

NON-ASBESTOS FRICTION MATERIAL

COMPOSITE ACTIVE MATERIAL PARTICLE, CATHODE, ALL-SOLID-STATE LITHIU...

ORGANO-MODIFIED LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES AND COMPOSITE POLYMER MAT...

LITHIUM CONTAINING NANOFIBERS

COATED LITHIUM-NICKEL COMPOSITE OXIDE PARTICLES, AND METHOD FOR PRO...

Curable Composition, Temporary Bonding Material, and Method for Tem...