ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,401,049, issued on Aug. 26, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc..
"Electrochemical membrane" was invented by Joshua M. Bartels (Newark, Del.), Wen Liu (Newark, Del.) and Alexander L. Agapov (Newark, Del.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to electrolyzer composite membranes, and in particular, to a composite membrane having at least two reinforcing layers comprising a microporous polymer structure and a surprisingly high resistance to piercing. The electrolyzer composite membranes have a recombination catalyst configured to be disposed closer to an anode than to a cathode in a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA)...