ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,538,706, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to The University of Tokyo (Tokyo).
"Thermoelectric device" was invented by Satoru Nakatsuji (Tokyo), Mamoru Miyawaki (Tokyo), Ryota Uesugi (Tokyo), Hiroto Nakamura (Tokyo) and Tomoya Higo (Tokyo).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A thermoelectric device includes: a sheet-like or plate-like thermoelectric conversion film including a thermoelectric conversion element formed with a material exhibiting an anomalous Nernst effect; and a catalyst portion formed with a catalyst that reacts with a fluid the catalyst portion being on the side of at least a first surface of the thermoelectric conversion film a...