ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,507, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to AMG Lithium GmbH (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

"Sulfidic solid electroylyte and its precursor" was invented by Vera Nickel (Haiger, Germany), Hannes Vitze (Idstein, Germany), Christine Gabbey (Marburg, Germany), Stefanie Riehl (Rodermark, Germany), Stefan Scherer (Griesheim, Germany) and Martin Janssen (Nauheim, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a solid electrolyte, its precursor, methods for producing the same as well as its use, e.g. in electrochemical cells or capacitors, fuel cells, batteries, and sensors."

The patent was filed on Sept. 24, 2020, under...