ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,525,601, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC (Detroit).

"Bipolar solid-state battery with enhanced interfacial contact" was invented by Mengyan Hou (Shanghai), Qili Su (Shanghai), Meiyuan Wu (Shanghai) and Haijing Liu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for forming a bipolar solid-state battery may include preparing a plurality of freestanding gels each comprising a polymer, a solvent, and a lithium salt and, also, positioning a first freestanding gel between a first electrode and a second electrode and a second freestanding gel between the second electrode and a third electrode. Each of t...