ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,690, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Solid oxide cell" was invented by Bon Seok Koo (Suwon-si, South Korea), Su Beom Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), A Reum Jun (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hyeg Soon An (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Jung Hyun Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A solid oxide cell includes a fuel electrode, an air electrode, and an electrolyte disposed between the fuel electrode and the air electrode. The fuel electrode includes an electron conductive particle, and the electron conductive particle includes a body and a plurality of protrusi...