{
  "patent_number": "US 20250027216",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "Dome-Shaped Plates for Efficient Hydrogen Production in Electrolyzers",
  "original_title": "Electrolyzer",
  "summary": "This patent describes an electrolyzer that uses uniquely dome-shaped plates to improve how water is split into hydrogen and oxygen, enhancing efficiency and product separation.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes an electrolyzer built from a stack of dome-shaped bipolar plates (Claim 17). Each plate includes a rim with specific anode and cathode reaction outlets, which are aligned through the entire stack (Claim 18). Reactant liquids enter through inlets located in the center of each plate (Claim 19). The plates also feature overlapping anode and cathode channels on their respective sides to guide the flow (Claim 25). This design helps separate the products of hydrolysis, such as hydrogen from the cathodic side, allowing them to float up the stack through the outlets (Claim 32, 33). For example, water would be fed into the stack, split into hydrogen and oxygen, and these gases would then exit through the aligned outlets, with the dome shape potentially aiding in their separation and removal.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Electrolyzers using flat or non-dome-shaped bipolar plates.",
    "Bipolar plates where the anode and cathode reaction outlets are not aligned through the stack.",
    "Electrolyzers that do not separate hydrolysis products, allowing them to float up through specific outlets.",
    "Bipolar plates that lack reactant inlets extending throughout their center.",
    "Electrolyzers where the anode and cathode channels do not overlap on the plate surfaces."
  ],
  "filed": "2022-11-23",
  "granted": null,
  "expires": "2042-11-23",
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Individual",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/individual",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Frederic DERFLER",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/frederic-derfler"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 1,
  "tags": [
    "energy",
    "materials",
    "chemical_processing",
    "clean_energy",
    "manufacturing"
  ],
  "abstract": "A dome-shaped bipolar plate.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/20250027216/electrolyzer",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/20250027216/electrolyzer/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US20250027216",
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