Regarding IONEL patent rights

NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO., LTD. (the “NIPPON SHOKUBAI”) has been manufacturing and selling Lithium bis(fluorosulfonyl)imide ”LiFSI” (product name: “IONEL”; hereinafter referred to as “Our Product”) that is an electrolyte for lithium batteries. Our Product has an excellent effect in improving the life, the charge/discharge rate performance, and the durability at low/high temperatures for the batteries. With this excellent effect, Our Product has been enjoying high reputation in the industries.

To meet our customers’ demand, in addition to efforts to improve the performance of Our Product, we have been making efforts to protect Our Product by means of applying for and securing a number of patents, including 44 patents listed below.

We respectfully request all persons who look at this notice to pay utmost attention not to infringe our patents in purchasing, selling or using products which make use of our patents of other companies that are unrelated to NIPPON SHOKUBAI.

We are dedicated to continue to make efforts for further improvement and development of Our Product with better technologies. We would sincerely appreciate your continued patronage for Our Product.

Patent No.
EP 2 257 495 B1 SULFONYLlMIDE SALT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
currently in force in CH, FR.
EP 2 578 533 B1 ALKALI METAL SALT OF FLUOROSULFONYL IMIDE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR currently in force in CZ, DE, FR, HU, PL, SE


US9079780 (Alkali Metal Salt of Fluorosulfonyl Imide, and Production Method Thereof)
US9586833 (Alkali Metal Salt of Fluorosulfonyl Imide, and Production Method Thereof)
US9985317 (Alkali Metal Salt of Fluorosulfonyl Imide, and Production Method Thereof)


CN ZL200980111233.6 SULFONYLlMIDE SALT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME
CN ZL201180026278.0 ALKALI METAL SALT OF FLUOROSULFONYL IMIDE, AND PRODUCTION
METHOD THEREFOR
CN ZL201480008985.0 ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY
PROVIDED WITH SAME


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KR1361701 　 ALKALI METAL SALT OF FLUOROSULFONYL IMIDE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREFOR
KR2141903　 ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY PROVIDED WITH SAME

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COMPRISING
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COMPRISING
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COMPRISING
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BATTERY USING THE SAME
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