ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,224, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Battery, battery exterior, and measurement method" was invented by Makoto Fujino (Osaka, Japan), Kazuya Iwamoto (Osaka, Japan) and Noriyuki Uchida (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery includes: a power generating element including a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and a first solid electrolyte layer located between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer; and a reference electrode section including a second solid electrolyte layer having a first main surface in contact with a...