ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,327,837, issued on June 10, was assigned to MITSUI MINING & SMELTING Co. LTD. (Japan).

"Sulfide solid electrolyte" was invented by Tsukasa Takahashi (Ageo, Japan), Takashi Chikumoto (Ageo, Japan) and Yoichiro Ogata (Ageo, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sulfide solid electrolyte is provided having: diffraction peak A observed within a range of 2Theta=20.0deg to 24.0deg; and diffraction peak B observed within a range of 2Theta=24.4deg to 26.4deg, diffraction peak A and diffraction peak B being observed by performing X-ray diffraction measurement using CuKAlpha1 radiation, and the ratio of IA to IB, IA/IB, being 2.0 or less, wherein...