ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,385,149, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to Siemens Energy Global GmbH & Co. KG (Bayern, Germany).

"Electrolysis system for breaking down water into hydrogen and oxygen, and a method for operating the electrolysis system" was invented by Christian Schacherer (Bayern, Germany) and Erik Wolf (Rottenbach, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrolysis system for breaking down water into hydrogen and oxygen using at least two electrolysis modules, each electrolysis module having at least two electrolytic cells, an electrolytic cell having an anode compartment and a cathode compartment, the anode compartment being separated from the c...