US Patent Issued to Bayerische Motoren Werke on June 16 for "Method for recycling a solid electrolyte and cathode material from solid-state lithium batteries" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,023, issued on June 16, was assigned to Bayerische Motoren Werke AG (Munich).

"Method for recycling a solid electrolyte and cathode material from solid-state lithium batteries" was invented by Raimund Koerver (Munich) and Tobias Teufl (Moos, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for recycling a cathode material and a solid electrolyte from a solid-state lithium battery is provided. The method has the following steps: a) separating the solid-state lithium battery into a solid mixture, said mixture comprising lithium anode, cathode material, and solid electrolyte components, b) mixing the solid mixture with an aprotic solvent...