US Patent Issued to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy on Oct. 20 for "Ammonium borophosphate as a proton conducting solid electrolyte for solid acid fuel cells" (Virginia, Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,904, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to The Government of the United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy (Arlington, Va.).

"Ammonium borophosphate as a proton conducting solid electrolyte for solid acid fuel cells" was invented by James August Ridenour (Alexandria, Va.), Brian L. Chaloux (Alexandria, Va.) and Albert Epshteyn (Potomac, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A new compound (NH4)3H2[BOB(PO4)3] was prepared and found to conduct protons under a variety of temperature conditions relevant to fuel cell operation. Also described is the related material Rbx(NH4)3-xH2(BOB(PO4)3) where 0less thanxless than...