ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,588, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Factorial Inc. (Billerica, Mass.).

"Cathode active material coated with lithium borate doped lithium carbonate and sulfide all-solid-state battery comprising same" was invented by Minh Nguyen (Lowell, Mass.), Fang Hao (Andover, Mass.) and Joanna Burdynska (Woburn, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are cathode active material (CAM) coated with a lithium carbonate doped with lithium borate with a formula of Li2+xC1-xBxO3 wherein 0greater thanxgreater than0.5 and a preparation method therefor. Also disclosed is a cathode layer comprising the coated CAM in the form of particles. In one e...