Patents by Inventor Ryan Merle

Ryan Merle has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Solid acid electrolytes for electrochemical devices
    Patent number: 8202663
    Abstract: Improved solid acid electrolyte materials, methods of synthesizing such materials, and electrochemical devices incorporating such materials are provided. The stable electrolyte material comprises a solid acid capable undergoing rotational disorder of oxyanion groups and capable of extended operation at elevated temperatures, that is, solid acids having hydrogen bonded anion groups; a superprotonic, trigonal, tetragonal, or cubic, disordered phase; and capable of being operating at temperatures of ˜100° C. and higher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Sossina M. Haile, Ryan Merle, Dane Boysen, Sekharipuram Narayanan, Calum Chisholm