ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,547, issued on May 13, was assigned to Dioxycle (Saint Ouen sur Seine, France).

"Compressible flow distribution system for electrolyzer plates" was invented by Joachim Delannoy (Paris), Jan Rossberg (Ulm, Germany), David Wakerley (Paris), Fanny Betermier (Paris), Sarah Lamaison (Paris) and Luc Rouveyre (Cognin, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and systems for fluid distribution in electrolyzer cells are disclosed herein. A disclosed a carbon oxide electrolyzer includes a polar plate, a cathode area, a carbon oxide reactant gas serving as a reduction substrate in the cathode area, a cathode fluid inlet, a cathode fluid ou...