ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,780,662, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

"Porous carbon material and manufacturing method thereof and porous graphite material and manufacturing method thereof" was invented by Tsong-Pyng Perng (Hsinchu, Taiwan), Tzu-Kang Chin (Hsinchu, Taiwan) and Ming-Wei Liao (Hsinchu, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method of a porous carbon material includes the following steps. A polymer template is provided, the polymer template includes a polymer compound, and the polymer template has a plurality of pores. A coating step is performed, wherein a metal compound is coated on the...