ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,374,699, issued on July 29, was assigned to SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY (Shanghai).

"Cathode catalyst layer structure for enhancing durability of catalyst and fabrication method thereof" was invented by Junliang Zhang (Shanghai), Zhifeng Zheng (Shanghai), Fengjuan Zhu (Shanghai), Xiaojing Cheng (Shanghai), Guanghua Wei (Shanghai), Fan Yang (Shanghai) and Guofeng Xia (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fuel cell cathode catalyst layer structure for enhancing the durability of a catalyst is provided. The cathode catalyst layer structure includes a first catalyst portion, a second catalyst portion, and a third catalyst portion that...