MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517022821 A) filed by Johnson Matthey Hydrogen Technologies Limited, London, on March 13, for 'reinforced ion-conducting membrane.'

Inventor(s) include Ambarkar, Apoorva; and Buche, Silvain.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Reinforced ion-conducting membrane According to the present invention there is provided a reinforced ion-conducting membrane comprising: an ion-conducting polymer; and a porous mat of nanofibres. The porous mat of nanofibres is impregnated with the ion-conducting polymer. The nanofibres comprise a cross-linked polymer, wherein the cross-linked polymer is ionically non-conductive. The cross-linked polymer comprises: a heterocyclic-based polymer backbone comprising basic functional groups, and linking chains linking at least two heterocyclic-based polymer backbones via linking groups. The porous mat of nanofibres has a tear index of at least 15 mN m2/g."

The patent application was internationally filed on Nov. 10, 2023, under International application No.PCT/GB2023/052946.

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