ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,438,173, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Melbourne, Australia).

"Proton flow reactor system" was invented by John Andrews (Avonsleigh, Australia), Gary Rosengarten (Caulfield North, Australia), Seyed Mohammad Rezaei Niya (South Morang, Australia), Shahin Heidari (Doncaster East, Australia), Francois du Toit (Ascot Vale, Australia), Bahman Shabani (Donvale, Australia), Ruchika Ojha (Melbourne, Australia), Alireza Heidarian (South Bank, Australia) and Saeed Seif Mohammadi (Doreen, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a proton flow reactor for use in storing and releasin...