ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,478, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to PolyPlus Battery Co. (Berkeley, Calif.).
"Ionically conductive glass preform" was invented by Steven J. Visco (Berkeley, Calif.), Vitaliy Nimon (Berkeley, Calif.), Alexei Petrov (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: "An ionically conductive glass (or glassy) monolithic preform having a certain shape, size, and dimension may be made from a monolithic precursor material (e.g., an ingot or boule of ion conductive glass), generally of a different shape and size."
The patent was filed on Sept. 7, 2023, under Applic...