ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,431, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to Cummins Emission Solutions Inc. (Columbus, Ind.).

"Aftertreatment system including preheating oxidation catalyst" was invented by Shirish S. Punde (Columbus, Ind.), Rayomand Dabhoiwala (Columbus, Ind.) and James Nicholas Reynolds (Indianapolis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An aftertreatment system for treating exhaust gas includes: an exhaust conduit configured to receive the exhaust gas; a preheating oxidation catalyst disposed in the exhaust conduit; a primary oxidation catalyst disposed in the exhaust conduit downstream of the preheating oxidation catalyst; a selective catalytic reduction s...