ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,902, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Fuel cell system" was invented by Masashi Toida (Nagoya, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "To provide a fuel cell system capable of suppressing deterioration of a catalyst. A fuel cell system, wherein the fuel cell system comprises a fuel cell, a fuel gas system, an oxidant gas system, a pressure sensor and a control unit; wherein the control unit is configured to supply a predetermined amount of a fuel gas to the fuel cell when the fuel cell system is stopped; and wherein the pressure sensor is configured to measure a pressure of the fuel gas present in...