ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,601,069, issued on April 14, was assigned to KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Seoul, South Korea).

"Membrane electrode assembly for hydrogen production, electrochemical cell comprising the same, and method for hydrogen production using the same" was invented by Hyun S. Park (Seoul, South Korea), Jong Hyun Jang (Seoul, South Korea), Jihyun Choi (Seoul, South Korea), Chaekyung Baik (Seoul, South Korea), Jimin Kong (Seoul, South Korea) and Hyuntae Sohn (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This specification relates to a membrane electrode assembly for hydrogen production, an electrochemical cell comprising the same,...