ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,343,709, issued on July 1, was assigned to CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL Corp. (Beijing) and DALIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICALS SINOPEC CORP. (Liaoning, China).

"Hydrogenation catalyst, preparation process thereof and use thereof" was invented by Li Liu (Liaoning, China), Yunhai Yao (Liaoning, China), Chengmin Yang (Liaoning, China), Yang Li (Liaoning, China), Weiyu Duan (Liaoning, China), Jin Sun (Liaoning, China), Rong Guo (Liaoning, China), Yong Zhou (Liaoning, China), Bumei Zheng (Liaoning, China) and Li Ding (Liaoning, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrogenation catalyst contains a hydrogenation catalyst ...