Patent ID: 7513968

Claim:
A method of fabricating a bipolar electrode comprising the steps of: providing a metal plate suitable for use as the anode of a bipolar electrode; milling the surface of the metal plate to create lands and grooves in a geometric pattern in the surface; providing a conductive barrier suitable for use as a barrier between the metal plate and an electrolyte; laying the conductive barrier over the milled surface of the metal plate; applying pressure to the conductive barrier so that the pattern on the surface of the metal plate is pressed into the conductive barrier; removing the conductive barrier that is now imprinted with the same pattern as the metal plate; applying a conductive adhesive to the lands of the milled surface of the metal plate such that no adhesive is placed in the grooves; orienting the conductive barrier so that the imprinted pattern matches up with the milled pattern on the surface of the metal plate; mating the oriented conductive barrier to the metal plate; applying pressure to the conductive barrier so that the adhesive can bond to the metal plate; and curing the adhesive.