ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,186, issued on July 14, was assigned to ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE (Daejeon, South Korea) and DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daegu, South Korea).

"All-solid-state secondary battery" was invented by Ju Young Kim (Sejong-si, South Korea), Young-Gi Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong Min Lee (Daegu, South Korea), Seok Hun Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwang Man Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ju Mi Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Joonam Park (Daegu, South Korea), Dong Ok Shin (Sejong-si, South Korea), Jimin Oh (Daejeon, South Korea) and Myeong Ju Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office...