US Patent Issued to RASIRC on Sept. 30 for "Suppression of hydrogen degradation" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,735, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to RASIRC Inc. (San Diego).

"Suppression of hydrogen degradation" was invented by Jeffrey J. Spiegelman (San Diego) and Daniel Alvarez Jr. (Vista, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides techniques for suppression of hydrogen degradation. In some embodiments, a method for decreasing an amount or rate of hydrogen degradation of a material, includes: (a) exposing a material to gaseous hydrogen peroxide; and (b) forming a hydroxyl layer on the surface of the material within a chamber. The hydroxyl layer can decrease an amount or rate of hydrogen degradation of the mate...