ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,505, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

"System and method for atomic layer deposition of solid electrolytes" was invented by Neil P. Dasgupta (Ann Arbor, Mich.) and Eric Francis Kazyak (Ann Arbor, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of making an ionically conductive layer for an electrochemical device is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: (a) exposing a substrate to a lithium-containing precursor followed by an oxygen-containing precursor; and (b) exposing the substrate to a boron-containing precursor followed by the oxygen-containing precursor."

The ...