ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,391, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to AUDI AG (Ingolstadt, Germany) and VOLKSWAGEN AG (Wolfsburg, Germany).

"Catalytic composition, method for production thereof, use thereof for producing a fuel cell electrode and fuel cell comprising same" was invented by Siyu Ye (Burnaby, Canada), Kyoung Bai (Burnaby, Canada), Dustin William H. Banham (Burnaby, Canada), Rajesh Bashyam (Burnaby, Canada) and Alan Patrick Young (Burnaby, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalytic composition for producing a fuel cell electrode comprises a catalytically active material in particulate form, for example platinum, a carbon nanomaterial which is ...