ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,249,744, issued on March 11, was assigned to Johnson Matthey Hydrogen Technologies Limted (London).

"Catalysed, ion-conducting membrane" was invented by Dash Fongalland (Reading, Great Britain) and Jonathan Sharman (Reading, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalysed ion-conducting membrane comprising an ion-conducting membrane, an electrocatalyst layer having two opposing faces, and a layer A comprising an ion-conducting material and a carbon containing material, and methods for preparing the catalysed ion-conducting membrane are provided."

The patent was filed on May 19, 2023, under Application No. 18/320,370.

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