ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,288,844, issued on April 29, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Solid electrolyte material and battery using same" was invented by Takashi Kubo (Hyogo, Japan), Kenta Nagamine (Osaka, Japan), Keita Mizuno (Osaka, Japan), Tetsuya Asano (Nara, Japan) and Akihiro Sakai (Nara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid electrolyte material includes Li, Ca, Y, Gd, and X wherein X is at least one element selected from the group consisting of F, Cl, Br, and I. A battery uses the solid electrolyte material."

The patent was filed on March 18, 2022, under Application No. 17/698,000.

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