ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,075, issued on June 30, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Battery including an air gap that is between a collector and solid electrolyte layer and in contact with an insulating layer" was invented by Takaaki Tamura (Osaka, Japan), Kazuhiro Morioka (Osaka, Japan) and Akira Kawase (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery includes an electrode layer, a counter-electrode layer placed opposite to the electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer located between the electrode layer and the counter-electrode layer. The electrode layer includes a collector, an electrode active...