ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,482,857, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to PolyPlus Battery Co. (Berkeley, Calif.).

"Glass solid electrolyte layer, methods of making glass solid electrolyte layer and electrodes and battery cells thereof" was invented by Steven J. Visco (Berkeley, Calif.), Vitaliy Nimon (Berkeley, Calif.), Valentina Loginova (Berkeley, Calif.), Yevgeniy S. Nimon (Berkeley, Calif.) and Bruce D. Katz (Berkeley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Battery component structures and manufacturing methods for solid-state battery cells include a unitary Li ion conducting sulfide glass solid electrolyte structure that serves as the basic building block around...