ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,606, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Metal-solid oxide composite, preparing method thereof, and solid oxide cell including the same" was invented by Jaeseok Yi (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jungdeok Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hongryul Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Byungchul Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal-solid oxide composite includes a plurality of nanowire portions including a solid oxide electrolyte material, a metal portion at one end of each of the plurality of nanowire portions and including a metal, and a center portion connected ...