ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,685, issued on March 11, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"All solid battery" was invented by Kyung Lock Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Chang Ryul Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all-solid battery includes a body including a solid electrolyte layer and an anode layer and a cathode layer alternately stacked with the solid electrolyte layer interposed therebetween, and first and second external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the body. The anode layer and the cathode layer include an active electrode material. The active electrode material included i...