ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,078, issued on April 14, was assigned to Blue Origin Manufacturing LLC (Huntsville, Ala.).
"Integrated thermionic diode and molten oxide electrolysis cell" was invented by Vernon G. Harris II (Los Angeles) and Alex M. Roman (Santa Monica, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for producing and collecting oxygen gas using molten oxide electrolysis is presented. The system includes a refractory vessel to hold molten oxide material, an anode, a cathode, and a thermionic diode at a top portion of the refractory vessel. The anode for the electrolysis cell (e.g., the anode and cathode that are positioned in the vessel ...