ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,281, issued on March 25.

"Strontium aluminate mixed oxide and method for producing same" was invented by Thomas Harmening (Munster, Germany) and Marcos Schoneborn (Hamburg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a strontium aluminate mixed oxide precursor and a method for producing same, as well as to a strontium aluminate mixed oxide and method for producing same. The strontium aluminate mixed oxide precursor can be transformed into a strontium aluminate mixed oxide at relatively low temperature. The strontium aluminate mixed oxide is characterized by substantially spherically-shaped particles with a spongy...