US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on July 22 for "Membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,368,176, issued on July 22, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Membrane electrode assembly and fuel cell" was invented by Takeshi Minamiura (Osaka Fu, Japan), Kenichi Ezaki (Osaka Fu, Japan), Shinichiro Imura (Hyogo Ken, Japan), Tsutomu Kawashima (Nara Ken, Japan) and Miyuki Yoshimoto (Osaka Fu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A membrane electrode assembly for a fuel cell, the membrane electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane, and a first electrode and a second electrode sandwiching the electrolyte membrane, wherein the first electrode includes a first catalyst layer and ...