ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,512, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Solid electrolyte material and battery using same" was invented by Keita Mizuno (Osaka, Japan), Takashi Kubo (Hyogo, Japan), Tetsuya Asano (Nara, Japan) and Akihiro Sakai (Nara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid electrolyte material of the present disclosure includes Li, M1, M2, and X. The M1 is at least one element selected from the group consisting of a group 2 element and a group 12 element. The M2 is at least three elements selected from the group consisting of a rare-earth element and a group 13 element. The X ...