ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,227,859, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to IHJ Holdings Ltd. (St. Helier, Jersey).

"Methods for enhanced electrolytic loading of hydrogen" was invented by Dennis Cravens (Cloudcroft, N.M.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolytic method of loading hydrogen into a cathode includes placing the cathode and an anode in an electrochemical reaction vessel filled with a solvent, mixing a DC component and an AC component to produce an electrolytic current, and applying an electrolytic current to the cathode. The DC component includes cycling between: a first voltage applied to the cathode for a first period of time, a second voltage applie...