ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,412,926, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to TDK Corp. (Tokyo).

"All-solid-state secondary battery" was invented by Kazumasa Tanaka (Tokyo) and Tomohiro Yano (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An all-solid-state lithium secondary battery includes a laminated body which has a positive electrode layer including a positive electrode current collector layer and a positive electrode active material layer, a negative electrode layer including a negative electrode current collector layer and a negative electrode active material layer, a solid electrolyte layer containing a solid electrolyte, and a margin layer that is disposed side by side w...