ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,640,377, issued on May 26, was assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH (Stuttgart, Germany).

"Fuel cell bipolar plate alloys" was invented by Soo Kim (Cambridge, Mass.), Jonathan Mailoa (Cambridge, Mass.), Lei Cheng (Sunnyvale, Calif.) and Nathan Craig (Santa Clara, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Fuel cell alloy bipolar plates. The alloys may be used as a coating or bulk material. The alloys and metallic glasses may be particularly suitable for proton-exchange membrane fuel cells because of they may exhibit reduced weights and/or better corrosion resistance. The alloys may include any of the following AlxCuyTiz, AlxFeyNiz, AlxMnyNiz, AlxNiyT...