ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,315,873, issued on May 27, was assigned to JOHNSON IP HOLDING LLC (Atlanta).

"Solid-state battery separator including low melt temperature inorganic electrolyte and method of fabricating the same" was invented by Lonnie G. Johnson (Atlanta) and David Johnson (Douglasville, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of solid-state batteries, battery components, and related construction methods are described. The components include one or more embodiments of a low melt temperature electrolyte bonded solid-state rechargeable battery electrode and one or more embodiments of a composite separator having a low melt temperature electrolyte ...