ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,490, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to BASF MOBILE EMISSIONS CATALYSTS LLC (Iselin, N.J.).

"Evaporative emission control articles including activated carbon" was invented by Chen Chen (Shanghai), Wolfgang Ruettinger (East Windsor, N.J.), Steven Chin (Port Reading, N.J.), Laif R. Alden (Feasterville, Pa.) and Akash Abraham (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to hydrocarbon emission control systems. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to substrates coated with hydrocarbon adsorptive coating compositions and evaporative emission control systems for controlling evaporative emissions ...