# Cletus N. Welch — Patents explained on PatentBrief

Cletus N. Welch has 1 landmark patent explained in plain English on PatentBrief.

- [How a Special Carbon-Fluorine Catalyst Makes Chlorine and Caustic Soda](https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/4253922/cathode-electrocatalysts-for-solid-polymer-electrolyte-chlor-alkali-cells) — granted 1981
  This patent describes using a unique carbon-fluorine compound as a catalyst in a special type of electrolysis cell to make chlorine and caustic soda more efficiently by preventing hydrogen gas from forming.

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