US Patent Issued to Camegie Institution of Washington on Sept. 9 for "Boron-stabilized type-I and type-II carbon clathrates" (District Of Columbia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,060, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Camegie Institution of Washington (Washington).

"Boron-stabilized type-I and type-II carbon clathrates" was invented by Timothy Strobel (Washington) and Tiange Bi (Washington).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides type-I and II carbon-based clathrate compounds stabilized by boron, including a boron-substituted, carbon-based framework with guest atoms encapsulated within the clathrate lattice. In one embodiment, the invention provides a carbon-based type-I clathrate compound of the formula Ca8BxC46-x."

The patent was filed on July 19, 2024, under Application No. 18/778,4...