ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,776,514, 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), Yoshiaki Tanaka (Kyoto, 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 contains Li, Yb, and X. X is at least two selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. A battery of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer disposed between the positive electrode and the...