ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,630, issued on May 5, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"All-solid-state battery" was invented by Teiichi Tanaka (Tokyo) and Takeo Tsukada (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This all-solid-state battery includes a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and a solid electrolyte layer positioned between the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer, the positive electrode layer includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode active material layer which is in contact with the positive electrode current collector, the negative electrode layer includes a negative electrode current c...