US Patent Issued to 1s1 Energy on May 12 for "Tetravalent boron-containing proton-exchange solid supports and methods of making and using tetravalent boron-containing proton-exchange solid supports" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,945, issued on May 12, was assigned to 1s1 Energy Inc. (Portola Valley, Calif.).

"Tetravalent boron-containing proton-exchange solid supports and methods of making and using tetravalent boron-containing proton-exchange solid supports" was invented by Sukanta Bhattacharyya (Belmont, Calif.) and Daniel Sobek (Portola Valley, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A proton exchange solid support includes a porous polymer network including a polymer. The polymer includes a tetravalent boron-based acid group in a side chain of the polymer, and the tetravalent boron-based acid group includes a boron atom having a negative formal charge. A ca...