ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,572, issued on May 5, was assigned to Ensurge Micropower ASA (Oslo, Norway).

"Methods of making lithium metal oxide films and solid-state lithium-based batteries containing the same using wet annealing" was invented by Zhongchun Wang (San Jose, Calif.) and Arvind Kamath (Los Altos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making a lithium metal oxide film is disclosed. The method includes wet annealing the lithium metal oxide film in a first phase at a first temperature of 450-750deg C. for a first length of time (e.g., at least 0.1 hour), in a first oxygen-containing atmosphere further containing a first concentration or amou...