ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,212,004, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to DAIKIN INDUSTRIES LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Binder, slurry for solid-state battery, electrode for solid-state battery, and secondary solid-state battery" was invented by Takaya Yamada (Osaka, Japan), Junpei Terada (Osaka, Japan), Takahiro Furutani (Osaka, Japan), Kae Fujiwara (Osaka, Japan) and Akinori Tani (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A binder and a slurry suitable for use in the production of an electrode in a sulfide-based solid-state battery. The binder contains sulfide-based solid electrolyte particles, and is a fluorine-containing elastomer in which resin end functional groups...