US Patent Issued to CORNELL UNIVERSITY on April 21 for "Imidazoles and imidazolium cations with exceptional alkaline stability" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,666, issued on April 21, was assigned to CORNELL UNIVERSITY (Ithaca, N.Y.).

"Imidazoles and imidazolium cations with exceptional alkaline stability" was invented by Geoffrey W. Coates (Lansing, N.Y.) and Kristina M. Hugar (Ithaca, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides: imidazole and imidazolium compounds of formulas (I) and (II):polymers containing a plurality of imidazolium-containing repeating units of formula (III'):and membranes and devices comprising the polymers. Also provided are methods of making the inventive compounds and polymers."

The patent was filed on Jan. 4, 2022, under Application No. 17/647,00...