ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,294,093, issued on May 6, was assigned to Energy and Environmental Research Center Foundation (Grand Forks, N.D.).

"Multiphase composites including silica and magneli-phase titanium suboxides" was invented by Jivan Thakare (Grand Forks, N.D.) and Jahangir Masud (Grand Forks, N.D.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Composites including silica phase and magneli-phase titanium suboxide, supported catalyst particles including the same, electrodes including the supported catalyst particles, and electrochemical cells including the electrode."

The patent was filed on Sept. 19, 2022, under Application No. 17/933,311.

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