ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,610, issued on July 28, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrode catalyst for water electrolysis cell, water electrolysis cells, and water electrolysis devices" was invented by Hiroshi Shirataki (Tokyo), Takao Hayashi (Osaka, Japan), Hideaki Murase (Osaka, Japan) and Michio Suzuka (Kyoto, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrode catalyst for a water electrolysis cell includes a catalyst and a polymer of intrinsic microporosity, and the polymer of intrinsic microporosity is neutral."

The patent was filed on Jan. 5, 2023, under Application No. 18/150,685.

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