ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,355,041, issued on July 8, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Method for producing solid-state battery" was invented by Kunimitsu Yamamoto (Kasugai Aichi-ken, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a method for producing a solid-state battery configured to suppress capacity reduction due to electrode cracking. A method for producing a solid-state battery comprising: a stack of a cathode, a solid electrolyte layer and an anode in this order, a resin layer coating at least a part of the stack, a metal housing housing the stack and the resin layer, and a gasifying agent disposed between the stack and the metal hou...