ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,305,300, issued on May 20, was assigned to Water Star Inc. (Parkman, Ohio).

"Current reversal tolerant multilayer material, method of making the same, use as an electrode, and use in electrochemical processes" was invented by Satyananda Kishore Pilli (Solon, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides an electrode comprising a substrate and a coating on the substrate. The coating comprises a plurality of layers, including the following layers in sequence moving outwardly from the substrate: a base layer comprising an oxide of a valve metal; a lower layer comprising an oxide of a platinum group metal and/or an oxide of a pr...