ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,034, issued on July 8, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"All solid state battery with improved durability and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Sang Wan Kim (Yuseong-gu, South Korea), Young Jin Nam (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sung Man Cho (Gwacheon-si, South Korea), Jae Min Lim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hong Suk Choi (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all solid state battery includes a cathode active material layer disposed in contact with a predetermined area of a cathode current collector, a solid electrolyte layer disposed on the cath...