US Patent Issued to The Lubrizol on May 12 for "Antioxidant substituted sulfonated ion exchange membranes" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,626,944, issued on May 12, was assigned to The Lubrizol Corp. (Wickliffe, Ohio).

"Antioxidant substituted sulfonated ion exchange membranes" was invented by Thomas S. Corrigan (Lakewood, Ohio), Christopher M. Rasik (Cleveland), William Storms-Miller (Lakewood, Ohio) and Bryan Tucker (Lakewood, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosed technology relates to antioxidant substituted sulfonic acid polymers and ion exchange membranes prepared therefrom. The bonding of the polymer with an antioxidant can minimize the antioxidant from interfering with ion conductivity and prevent the antioxidant from leaching onto other layers or onto ca...