ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,866, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to SANTOKU Corp. (Kobe, Japan).

"Hydrogen storage material, hydrogen storage container, and hydrogen supply apparatus" was invented by Takayuki Otsuki (Kobe, Japan), Masakazu Nishimoto (Kobe, Japan) and Yasuhiko Kawaguchi (Kobe, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are hydrogen storage materials having hydrogen absorption (storage) desorption properties suitable for hydrogen storage in a temperature range of 0deg C. or lower. Also provided are a hydrogen storage container containing the hydrogen storage materials, and a hydrogen supply apparatus including the hydrogen storage container....