ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,418,045, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to FURUKAWA Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Phosphorus sulfide composition for sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte material" was invented by Tatsushi Yoshida (Tsukuba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a phosphorus sulfide composition for a sulfide-based inorganic solid electrolyte material, the phosphorus sulfide composition including P4S10 and P4S9, in which when a total content of P4S10, P4S9, P4S7, and P4S3 in the phosphorus sulfide composition is represented by 100 mass %, a content of P4S10 calculated from a solid 31P-NMR spectrum is 70 mass % or more and 99 mass % or less."

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