ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,975, issued on July 15, was assigned to CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL Corp. (Beijing) and SHANGHAI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, SINOPEC (Shanghai).

"Catalyst for producing isopropylbenzene and the production method and use thereof" was invented by Zhongneng Liu (Shanghai), Duo Zhao (Shanghai), Yuhao Lv (Shanghai), Wendi Ma (Shanghai) and Guoyao Gu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Described are a catalyst for producing isopropylbenzene and the production method and use thereof. The catalyst includes a support and an active component supported on the support, wherein the support comprises a support substrate and...