ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,492, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrode layer and all-solid-state battery" was invented by Toshiyuki Kojima (Kyoto, Japan), Shuzo Tsuchida (Nara, Japan) and Akihiro Horikawa (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A positive electrode layer is to be used in an all-solid-state battery, and includes a positive electrode current collector; a positive electrode junction layer including at least a conductive agent and disposed on the positive electrode current collector; and a positive electrode material mixture layer disposed on the positive electrode jun...