ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,476,277, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Gyeonggi-Do, South Korea) and CORNING Inc. (Corning, N.Y.).

"Solid electrolyte, method of preparing the same, and lithium battery including the solid electrolyte" was invented by Jusik Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Michael Edward Badding (Corning, N.Y.), Hyunseok Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Zhen Song (Corning, N.Y.) and Taehwan Yu (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid electrolyte including: a lithium ion inorganic conductive layer; and an amorphous phase on a surface of the lithium ion inorganic conductive layer, wherein the amorphous phase is ...