ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,858, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to IDEMITSU KOSAN Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Metal element-containing sulfide-type solid electrolyte and method for producing same" was invented by Hiroaki Yamada (Chiba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal element-containing sulfide solid electrolyte may suppress H2S generation. Such a metal element-containing sulfide solid electrolyte may include a lithium element, a sulfur element, a phosphorus element, a halogen element, and at least one metal element selected from metal elements of Groups 3 to 12 and Period 4 or higher of the Periodic Table, in which the molar ratio of the lithium element to...