ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,184, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to DAIICHI KIGENSO KAGAKU KOGYO Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Ceramic powder, sintered body and battery" was invented by Tadahiro Niwa (Osaka, Japan) and Sadahiro Yagishita (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This invention provides a ceramic powder capable of forming a sintered body having a high density and high ionic conductivity even at a sintering temperature lower than the temperature conventionally used, and provides a battery containing a sintered body of the ceramic powder as a constituent element. The above problem is solved by a ceramic powder containing a garnet-type oxide and compo...