US Patent Issued to W. L. Gore & Associates, W. L. Gore & Associates G.K. on Dec. 30 for "Integral composite membrane with a continuous ionomer phase" (American, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,512,497, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to W. L. Gore & Associates Inc. and W. L. Gore & Associates G.K. (Tokyo).

"Integral composite membrane with a continuous ionomer phase" was invented by Alexander Agapov (Newark, Del.) and Takeyuki Suzuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments are directed to composite membranes having a microporous polymer structure, and an ion exchange material forming a continuous ionomer phase within the composite membrane. The continuous ionomer phase refers to absence of any internal interfaces in a layer of ionomer or between any number of layers coatings of the ion exchange material provided on t...