ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,539,488, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
"Hydrogen separation" was invented by Aadesh Harale (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Aqil Jamal (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Stephen N. Paglieri (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus includes a porous substrate and a multi-layer membrane. The porous substrate has a pore structure configured to allow diffusion of hydrogen molecules through the porous substrate. The multi-layer membrane is configured to, in response to contacting a hydrogen molecule present in the gas stream, split the hydrogen molecule into at least one of hydrogen...