US Patent Issued to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY on Aug. 5 for "Dimensionally stable anode for electrolytic chlorine evolution in molten salts" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,684, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY (Cleveland).

"Dimensionally stable anode for electrolytic chlorine evolution in molten salts" was invented by Rohan Akolkar (Cleveland), Benjamin P. Holcombe (Cleveland), Nicholas Sinclair (Cleveland) and Ruwani Wasalathanthri (Cleveland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An anode for electrolytic chlorine evolution in a molten salt electrolyte includes a graphite substrate and a coating including a transition metal oxide disposed on at least a portion of the substrate."

The patent was filed on Aug. 1, 2023, under Application No. 18/363,163.

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