ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,552,897, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to IUCF-HYU (INDUSTRY-UNIVERSITY COOPERATION FOUNDATION HANYANG UNIVERSITY) (Seoul, South Korea).

"Polyfluorene-based ionomer, anion exchange membrane, method for preparing the polyfluorene-based ionomer and method for fabricating the anion exchange membrane" was invented by Young Moo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Nanjun Chen (Seoul, South Korea), Ho Hyun Wang (Seoul, South Korea) and Sun Pyo Kim (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A novel polyfluorene-based ionomer, an anion exchange membrane, a method for preparing the polyfluorene-based ionomer, and a method for fabricating the anion...