US Patent Issued to MICRORGANIC TECHNOLOGIES on May 13 for "Microbial fuel cell cathode and method of making same" (New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,300,864, issued on May 13, was assigned to MICRORGANIC TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Castleton-On-Hudson, N.Y.).

"Microbial fuel cell cathode and method of making same" was invented by Brent A. Solina (Castleton, N.Y.) and Alex Carlton (Troy, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a microbial fuel cell including a cathode and an anode, wherein the cathode includes a waterproof gas diffusion layer including a siloxane and a catalyst layer including a binder, wherein a surface of the gas diffusion layer opposite the catalyst layer contacts air, and the anode includes electrogenic bacteria. Also provided is a method for making a microbial fue...