ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 4 -- United States Patent no. 12,322,839, issued on June 3, was assigned to SYMBIO (Fontaine, France).

"Bonding method which can be applied to fuel cells" was invented by Regis Panozzo (Vieux-Charmont, France) and Claire Romand (Belfort, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for bonding a first component (1) with a second component (2), comprising the following steps: -depositing on the first component (1) and/or the second component (2) an adhesive means of a first type, selected from a slow-setting adhesive means (3) or a quick-setting adhesive means (4), -depositing on the first component (1) and/or on the second component (2), an adhesive means of a second t...