ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,715, issued on July 29, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Battery having a solid-state battery cell and a buffer layer" was invented by Eiichi Koga (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery of the present disclosure includes a first solid-state battery cell and a buffer layer. The first solid-state battery cell includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a solid electrolyte layer located between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The positive electrode or the negative electrode has a current collector. The buffer layer is in contact with a fac...