Ecopro’s credit outlook was lowered even as its operating profit rose because credit-rating agencies look first not at “the size of book profit” but at “whether cash is actually coming in, and how fast debt is growing.”
Through DA Technology’s registered patent KR102430493B1, this piece examines the claim scope of a secondary-battery laser-notching system, its gap-guard design, and the possibilities for FTO and design-around.
From a demonstration expansion of space-grade tandem solar cells, to a large order for secondary-battery robotics automation equipment, to the imminent Round 3 ESS central contract market bid — this piece looks, from a patent and strategy perspective, at why competition over power sources is expanding beyond the battery cell itself.
An all-solid-state battery works without a liquid electrolyte, but in exchange it must be “pressed” so its solid particles stay in contact, and this pressing is needed twice.
Samsung SDI now directly holds a stake in its separator partner WCP, unwinding an indirect investment structure. This piece sets out what the separator means for cell performance and the supply chain.
This piece maps Forge Nano’s 2024-granted patent US12027661B2 — which could potentially cover ALD nanocoating broadly for high-nickel (80%+ nickel) cathode material — against its 2015 foundational patent US9196901B2 in a claim chart, and identifies design-around points.
Coating-patent company Forge Nano, backed by U.S. Department of Energy funding and a Samsung SDI investment, has broken ground on a 3GWh-class lithium-ion gigafactory in North Carolina. This piece examines the trend of ALD nanocoating IP extending into vertically integrated cell manufacturing, and its patent backdrop.
An analysis of the claim scope and design-around possibilities in Solid Power’s frame patent (US20260088331A1), which prevents edge damage when all-solid-state pouch cells are pressed in an isostatic press.
Looking at KEPCO’s idle-substation-site solar program and KHNP’s selection of Gijang County as an SMR candidate site, this article examines what the trend of reusing existing power infrastructure instead of securing new sites means for how ESS battery racks are sourced.
Based on the claims and example data in SK On’s dry-electrode calendering patent (US12199265B2), granted in 2025, this article analyzes the narrow claim scope defined by a compression ratio of 0.10 to 0.65 and the possibility of a competitor’s design-around.