ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,362,385, issued on July 15, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD (Osaka, Japan).

"Battery having a plurality of solid-state battery cells" was invented by Eiichi Koga (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery includes: a plurality of solid-state battery cells; and a connection layer located between the solid-state battery cells. Each of the solid-state battery cells has a structure in which a positive electrode current collector, a positive electrode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer including an inorganic solid electrolyte, a negative electrode active material layer, and a negati...