US Patent Issued to JGC Catalysts and Chemicals on March 18 for "Metal trapping, method for manufacturing metal trapping, and fluid catalytic cracking catalyst" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,682, issued on March 18, was assigned to JGC Catalysts and Chemicals Ltd. (Kanagawa, Japan).

"Metal trapping, method for manufacturing metal trapping, and fluid catalytic cracking catalyst" was invented by Mayumi Eto (Kitakyushu, Japan), Takaki Mizuno (Kitakyushu, Japan), Tomohiro Mitsui (Kitakyushu, Japan), Hiroshi Yamazaki (Kitakyushu, Japan) and Hiroki Hasegawa (Kitakyushu, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A production method comprises the steps of obtaining a mixed slurry by adding an alumina component and at least one selected from an alumina component and a clay mineral to a binder containing a silicon oxide; obtaining a m...