ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,490, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Carbazole-based anion exchange material, preparation method therefor, and use thereof" was invented by Jang Yong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Seokhwan Yang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Sang Hun Shin (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a carbazole-based anion exchange material, a preparation method therefor and use thereof, and more particularly, to an anion exchange material used in membranes for water electrolysis, redox flow batteries, fuel cells, carbon dioxide reduction, ...