ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,572, issued on March 25.

"Catalytic support for catalysis processes" was invented by Massimo Marcheschi (Prato, Italy) and Stefano Carnevale (Prato, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalytic support for catalysis processes including a main body, at least one conduit made in said main body, said conduit having an inlet portion made on a first surface of said main body and an outlet portion made on a second surface of said main body, said first surface being opposite said second surface said main body includes a plurality of layers at least partially superposed and mutually adherent, said layers forming a plurality of recesses ...