US Patent Issued to The Regents of the University of California on March 25 for "Ferrocene-substituted organometallic complexes" (California Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,358, issued on March 25, was assigned to The Regents of the University of California (Oakland, Calif.).

"Ferrocene-substituted organometallic complexes" was invented by Louise A. Berben (Davis, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Ferrocene (Fc)-substituted organometallic complexes are described. In one example, an Fc-substituted organometallic complex has a structure represented by formula IV: where M is a Group 13 metal, R1 is H or a substituted phenyl, and R2 is 4-ferrocenylphenyl. Non-aqueous redox flow batteries and electrical energy storage systems comprising the Fe-substituted organometallic complexes and methods of storing ...