ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,158, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Japan).

"Lithium composite oxide single crystal, lithium composite oxide polycrystal, lithium composite oxide material, solid electrolyte material, all- solid-state lithium-ion secondary battery, and method for producing solid electrolyte material" was invented by Kunimitsu Kataoka (Tsukuba, Japan) and Junji Akimoto (Tsukuba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The lithium composite oxide single crystal has a chemical composition represented by Li7-3x-w-vGaxLa3Zr2-w-vTaWNbvO12 (0.02less than equal toxgreater than0.5, 0less than ...