US Patent Issued to TDK on May 12 for "Solid electrolyte, solid electrolyte layer and solid electrolyte battery" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,949, issued on May 12, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"Solid electrolyte, solid electrolyte layer and solid electrolyte battery" was invented by Hisashi Suzuki (Tokyo) and Tetsuya Ueno (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid electrolyte includes a compound composed of an alkali metal, at least one metal element selected from Zr, Hf, Ti, Sn, Mg, Ca, Sr, Cs, Ba, Y, Al, Sc, La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Pm, Sm, Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, Lu, Cu, Ag, Au, Pb, Bi, In, Sn, Sb, Nb, Ta andan element belonging to Group XVII of the periodic table."

The patent was filed on July 20, 2020, under Application No. 17/628,098.

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