ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,537,223, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Battery" was invented by Kenta Nagamine (Osaka, Japan) and Izuru Sasaki (Aichi, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery of the present disclosure includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and an electrolyte layer provided between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material and a first solid electrolyte. The electrolyte layer contains a second solid electrolyte. The first solid electrolyte contains lithium and two or more types of anio...