ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,000, issued on April 15, was assigned to APS JAPAN Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Method of producing catalyst or adsorbent carrier, and catalyst or adsorbent carrier" was invented by Takafumi Watanabe (Osaka, Japan), Masao Yamaguchi (Osaka, Japan), Teruo Watanabe (Osaka, Japan), Hidemitsu Watanabe (Osaka, Japan) and Hiroyuki Watanabe (Osaka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a method of producing a catalyst or adsorbent carrier and a catalyst or adsorbent carrier which can enhance a catalyst or adsorbent function, and prevent fall-off of catalyst particles or adsorbent particles. The surface of a metal base material made of...