ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,394,803, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to AZUL Energy Inc. (Miyagi, Japan).

"Production method of catalyst, catalyst, production method of composition, composition, electrode, manufacturing method of electrode, fuel cell, metal-air battery" was invented by Hiroshi Yabu (Sendai, Japan), Koju Ito (Odawara, Japan), Hiroya Abe (Sendai, Japan) and Koki Nakamura (Minamiashigara, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst having an excellent oxygen reduction catalytic ability, and showing excellent durability when used for an electrode for fuel cells and metal-air batteries; and a production method of a catalyst having an excellent oxyge...