ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,906, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to HINDUSTAN PETROLEUM CORPORATION LIMITED (Bengaluru, India).

"Catalyst composition for the production of hydrogen" was invented by Lavanya Meesala (Bengaluru, India) and Pramod Kumar (Bengaluru, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a catalyst composition comprising: (a) nickel; (b) at least one promoter selected from Cu Zn, Mo, Co, Mg, Ce, Ti, Zr, Fe, Pd, Ag, Pt, or combinations thereof; and (c) a support material, wherein, the nickel loading is in the range of 6-19 wt % and the at least one promoter loading is in the range of 0.2-5 wt % with respect to the supp...