US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 30 for "Antioxidant for fuel cell having antioxidative property and proton conductivity and producing method thereof" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,665, issued on June 30, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Antioxidant for fuel cell having antioxidative property and proton conductivity and producing method thereof" was invented by Il Seok Chae (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed are an antioxidant for a fuel cell having both antioxidative properties and proton conductivity, and a method of producing the same. The antioxidant may include: a metal oxide having antioxidant properties; and a proton conductive functional group bonded to the metal oxide, in which the proton conductive functional group ma...