US Patent Issued to EBARA on July 15 for "Metal-supporting nonwoven fabric and production method thereof, catalyst, unsaturated compound hydrogenation method, and carbon-carbon bond forming method" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,972, issued on July 15, was assigned to EBARA Corp. (Tokyo).

"Metal-supporting nonwoven fabric and production method thereof, catalyst, unsaturated compound hydrogenation method, and carbon-carbon bond forming method" was invented by Hiroaki Harakawa (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A metal-supported nonwoven fabric is provided which enables effective synthesis of a target product when used as a catalyst in a flow reaction. The metal-supported nonwoven fabric comprises a nonwoven fabric containing polyolefin fibers or PET fibers, and metal particles. The nonwoven fabric has grafted side chains bound thereto formed of polyvinylpy...