ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,894, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to PETROLIAM NASIONAL BERHAD (PETRONAS) (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia).

"Flow-field plate for polymer electrolyte membrane device" was invented by Husaini Teuku (Selangor, Malaysia), Mohd Shahbudin Mastar @ Masdar (Selangor, Malaysia), Geetha Srinivasan (Belfast, Great Britain), Safwan Hanis Bin Mohd Murad (Kajang, Malaysia), Colin Patrick (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) and Siti Sara Lyana Binti Badly Sham (Cheras, Malaysia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A flow-field plate (101) for a polymer electrolyte membrane device such as an electrolyser or a fuel cell comprising an inlet on one side (102) of the plate ...