ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,575, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC (Iselin, N.J.).
"Yttrium-doped catalyst support" was invented by Shiang Sung (Iselin, N.J.), Markus Koegel (Heidelberg, Germany) and Sven Jare Lohmeier (Hannover, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are oxidation catalyst compositions comprising a first platinum group metal (PGM) component, a manganese (Mn) component, a first refractory metal oxide support material, and a metal component comprising yttrium, lanthanum, tin, magnesium, cerium, titanium, or a combination of any of the foregoing, wherein each of the first PGM component, the Mn...