ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,220,666, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Ultrathin membrane fabrication" was invented by Stephen N. Paglieri (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Zainb S. Alismail (Qatif, Saudi Arabia) and Aadesh Harale (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogen-selective membrane including a metal leaf applied to a substrate. A system and method for fabricating a hydrogen-selective membrane, including applying a metal leaf to a substrate, annealing the metal leaf, applying a hydrogen-permeable metal to the annealed metal leaf on the substrate, and annealing the hydrogen-permeable metal and th...