ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,755,997, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to KYOCERA Corp. (Kyoto, Japan).

"Cell, cell stack device, module, and module housing device" was invented by Takayuki Iwamoto (Kirishima, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cell includes an element portion including a fuel electrode, a solid electrolyte layer, an air electrode, and an intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is located between the solid electrolyte layer and the air electrode. In a plan view, a porosity in an end portion of the air electrode is greater than a porosity in a center portion of the air electrode."

The patent was filed on Aug. 24, 2021, under Application No. 18/0...