US Patent Issued to PolyPlus Battery on May 6 for "Lithium ion conducting sulfide glass fabrication" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,050, issued on May 6, was assigned to PolyPlus Battery Co. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Lithium ion conducting sulfide glass fabrication" was invented by Steven J. Visco (Berkeley, Calif.), Alexei Petrov (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Valentina Loginova (Walnut Creek, Calif.), Vitaliy Nimon (San Francisco), Yevgeniy S. Nimon (Danville, Calif.) and Bruce D. Katz (Moraga, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Preparation of anhydrous lithium sulfide (Li2S) purified suitably for applications in advanced batteries, and, in particular, for synthesis of solid electrolytes based on Li2S, including sulfide solid electrolytes of the type that may be describ...