ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,603, issued on May 5, was assigned to EKPO Fuel Cell Technologies GmbH (Dettingen, Germany).

"Bipolar plate, fuel cell, and method for producing a bipolar plate" was invented by Alexander Hoflich (Reutlingen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In order to provide a bipolar plate that has optimized electrical conductivity and can be produced as easily as possible, the invention proposes that the bipolar plate comprises an electrically conductive main body and an electrically conductive coating, wherein the electrically conductive coating comprises a binding material and one or more electrically conductive fillers, and wherein a pigm...