ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,147, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).

"Polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolytic cells using zeolite-templated carbon (ZTC) as electrocatalyst" was invented by Ahmad D. Hammad (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Issam T. Amr (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia), Yuguo Wang (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Georgios Lithoxoos (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Rashid M. Othman (Al Khobar, Saudi Arabia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A polymer electrolyte membrane (PEM) electrolytic cell assembly, and a method for making the assembly, are provided. An exemplary method includes forming a functionalized zeolite templated ...