US Patent Issued to BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts on Jan. 13 for "Hydrogen oxidation catalysts for hydrogen-internal combustion engine systems" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,523,169, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC (Iselin, N.J.).

"Hydrogen oxidation catalysts for hydrogen-internal combustion engine systems" was invented by Yuejin Li (Iselin, N.J.), Olga Gerlach (Heidelberg, Germany) and Andreas Sundermann (Heidelberg, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An emission treatment system comprising a hydrogen oxidation catalyst, the use of the catalyst for oxidizing hydrogen gas in an emission treatment system, and a method for heat generation in an engine exhaust system. The hydrogen oxidation catalyst is capable of increasing the downstream temperature to allow for a sy...