MUMBAI, India, March 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202547016344 A) filed by Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co. Ltd., Tokyo, on Feb. 25, for 'composite oxide, catalyst for methanol production, and composite oxide production method.'

Inventor(s) include Kuramochi Satoshi; Komanoya Tasuku; Osako Takao; Yamamoto Osami; Sumi Hideaki; Kaida Chiharu; and Masuda Shohei.

The application for the patent was published on March 7, under issue no. 10/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The purpose of the present invention is to provide: a composite oxide having improved catalytic performance for converting carbon dioxide to methanol; a catalyst for methanol production, said cat...