ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,856, issued on June 10, was assigned to LICAP TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Sacramento, Calif.).

"Dry electrode manufacture for solid state energy storage devices" was invented by Linda Zhong (Sacramento, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing an electrode block for a solid-state battery includes providing an electrode film with a current collector on a first side of the electrode film, coating a layer of dry electrolyte powder on a second side of the electrode film opposite the first side, and pressing the dry electrolyte powder coated on the electrode film to produce a solid electrolyte layer on the electrode film. A ...