ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,500,296, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Dai Nippon Printing Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"All-solid-state battery and method for manufacturing same" was invented by Miho Sasaki (Tokyo), Ryo Fujiwara (Tokyo) and Makoto Amano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all-solid-state battery contained in an exterior material having a barrier layer in which deterioration is effectively suppressed even when the all-solid-state battery is constrained in a high-pressure state. The all-solid-state battery has a battery element contained in a package formed of an exterior material, the battery element includes at least a unit cell including: a positive e...