ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,425, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to HERAEUS DEUTSCHLAND GMBH & Co. KG (Hanau, Germany).

"Preparations of noble metal complexes" was invented by Robert Sievi (Hanau, Germany), Michael Gock (Hanau, Germany) and Richard Walter (Hanau, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A preparation containing: (A) 30 to 90 wt. % of at least one organic solvent, (B) 10 to 70 wt. % of at least one noble metal complex comprising diolefin and C6-C18 monocarboxylate ligands selected from the group consisting of noble metal complexes of the type [LPd[O(CO)R1]X]n, [LRh[O(CO)R1]]m, and [LIr[O(CO)R1]]m, wherein L represents a compound acting as diolefin l...