US Patent Issued to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army on April 21 for "Method and apparatus for using nanogalvanic alloys to produce hydrogen" (Maryland Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,917, issued on April 21, was assigned to The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army (Washington).

"Method and apparatus for using nanogalvanic alloys to produce hydrogen" was invented by Anthony J. Roberts (Chesapeake City, Md.), Anit K. Giri (Abingdon, Md.), Billy C. Hornbuckle (Bel Air, Md.) and Kristopher A. Darling (Havre de Grace, Md.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for generating hydrogen gas by reacting a nanogalvanic alloy with water vapor. The apparatus comprises a water vapor source for supplying water vapor to a reaction chamber containing a nanogalvanic alloy. The nanog...