MUMBAI, India, June 19 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617054731 A) filed by Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company on April 29, 2026, for Recycling Of Catalyst Coated Membrane Components.
Inventors include Gordon, Ross John; Hart, Gareth; and Mccree-Grey, Jonathan.
The application for the patent was published on June 05, 2026, under issue no. 23/2026.
Abstract: A method of recycling a waste ionomer material comprising at least one ionomer and at least one platinum group metal catalyst, the method comprising: (a) mixing the waste ionomer material to homogenize the waste ionomer material; (b) taking a sample of the homogenized waste ionomer material; (c) assaying the sample of homogenized waste ionomer material to characterize ionomer content and platinum group metal content of the waste ionomer material; and (d) recycling the waste ionomer material to separate and recover both the ionomer and the platinum group metal materials on the basis of the ionomer content and the platinum group metal content determined by the assaying.
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