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INDUSTRY NEWS: DMFCC Exploits JPL Discoveries.(Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corp. to acquire Jet Propulsion Laboratory patents)(Brief Article)
Fuel Cell Technology News, March, 2002
Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Corp. (DMFCC, 2400 Lincoln, Altadena, CA 91001; Tel: 626/296-6310; Email: info@dmfuelcell.com) has agreed with the NASA/Caltech Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and the University of Southern California (USC) to acquire rights to 22 issued and more than 40 pending U.S. and foreign patents.
The intellectual property includes the original and fundamental patent for using methanol dissolved in water as the fuel. In exchange, Caltech and USC will become equity shareholders in DMFCC and receive a royalty on sales, according to DMFCC CEO Carl Kukkonen.
Previously, Kukkonen was director of JPL's Center for Space Microelectronics Technology and was Ford Motor Co.'s expert on hydrogen as an alternative automotive fuel. "Direct methanol...
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