ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,261,336, issued on March 25, was assigned to Yong Hak Park (Seoul, South Korea).

"Microbial fuel cell using electron absorber having high reduction potential, and method of generating electric energy using same" was invented by Yong Hak Park (Seoul, South Korea) and Chan Soo Choi (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a microbial fuel cell using an electron absorber having high reduction potential, and a method of generating electric energy using same, and more specifically, to: a microbial fuel cell in which an electron absorber solution having high reduction potential is used as a reduction...