ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,539, issued on June 24, was assigned to Ohmium International Inc. (Newark, Calif.).

"Hybrid electrocatalyst layers for membrane-based electrochemical devices and processes for making the same" was invented by Chockkalingam Karuppaiah (Fremont, Calif.) and Arne Ballantine (Incline Village, Nev.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Hybrid electrocatalyst layers for use in an electrochemical cell and processes for making the same are described. The hybrid electrocatalyst layers include at least one ion-conducting layer and at least one nonionic conductive catalyst layer. The processes for making the hybrid electrocatalyst layers include a sin...