ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,388,106, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co. Ltd. (Atsugi, Japan).

"Lithium-ion storage battery and electronic device" was invented by Shunpei Yamazaki (Setagaya, Japan), Teppei Oguni (Atsugi, Japan), Satoshi Seo (Sagamihara, Japan) and Hiroshi Kadoma (Sagamihara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a storage battery including a carbon-based material. To provide a graphene compound film having desired ion conductivity and mechanical strength while preventing direct contact between electrodes in a storage battery. To achieve long-term reliability. A lithium-ion storage battery includes a posi...