ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,230,807, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES (Paris).

"Fuel cell limiting co poisoning and poisoning diagnostic process" was invented by Sylvie Escribano (Grenoble, France), Marion Chandesris (Grenoble, France), Laure Guetaz (Grenoble, France), Pascal Schott (Grenoble, France) and Marion Scohy (Grenoble, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A unit cell of a fuel cell may include: a membrane-electrode assembly including a proton exchange membrane, an anode electrode fastened to a first face of the proton exchange membrane, a first flow guide plate positioned facing the anode e...