ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,767, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to National University of Singapore (Singapore).

"Palladium-based membrane" was invented by Sibudjing Kawi (Singapore), Subhasis Pati (Singapore), Nikita Dewangan (Singapore), Ashok Jangam (Singapore) and Zhigang Wang (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a membrane comprising: a porous support layer having a first surface and a second surface; a palladium (Pd)-based selective layer on a first surface of the support layer; and a zeolite protective layer on a second surface of the support layer, wherein the support layer is between the Pd-based selective layer and the zeolite ...