ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,244,044, issued on March 4, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Korea Advanced Insitute of Science and Technology (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Direct ammonia-fed solid oxide fuel cell and methods for making the same" was invented by Sai P. Katikaneni (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Kunho Lee (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Kangyong Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Joongmyeon Bae (Daejeon, South Korea) and WooChul Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to embodiments of the present disclosure, a solid oxide fuel cell includes a cathode, an anode, and a solid oxide electrolyte between the anode and the c...