ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,111, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to SAMSUNG SDI Co. LTD. (Yongin-si, South Korea).

"Composite cathode active material for all-solid-state battery, preparation method thereof, cathode layer for all-solid-state battery, and all-solid-state battery including the cathode layer" was invented by Byungjin Choi (Yongin-si, South Korea), Suk-Gi Hong (Yongin-si, South Korea), Youngsoo Kim (Yongin-si, South Korea), Donghee Yeon (Yongin-si, South Korea), Pilsang Yun (Yongin-si, South Korea) and Sangil Han (Yongin-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A composite cathode active material for an all-solid-state battery including a sulfid...