ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,340, issued on April 21, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Electrolyte membrane with high performance and durability for fuel cell and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Woo Jin Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Ju Young Lee (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea) and Kyu Tae Park (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Proposed is an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell having high performance and high durability and a method for manufacturing thereof. The electrolyte membrane comprises a sheet part having a plate shape with a predetermined length and width, wherein t...