ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,435, issued on April 21.
"Oxygen production system and method" was invented by James Bleck (Chelmsford, Mass.) and Alexander Otto (Ayers, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of generating oxygen includes introducing a hydrogen peroxide solution (at least 39.5%) into a reactor that has a passage, an oxygen outlet at one end of the passage, a water outlet at another end of the passage, and an inlet between the ends of the passage. Silver flakes are packed tightly within the passage forming interstices to accommodate fluid flow in a substantially restricted manner such that substantial fluid flow only occurs under influence o...