ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,738, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to JOHNSON MATTHEY PLC (London) and JOHNSON MATTHEY (SHANGHAI) CHEMICALS Ltd. (Shanghai).

"Anionic PGM carboxylate assisted PGM nanoparticle synthesis for exhaust gas treatment applications" was invented by Jochem Alex Blum (Reading, Great Britain), Hsiao-Lan Chang (Wayne, Pa.), Hai-Ying Chen (Wayne, Pa.), Nicola Collis (Reading, Great Britain), Jennifer Marion Gabrielsson (Reading, Great Britain), Gemma Louisa Moxham (Reading, Great Britain), Nicoleta Muresan (Reading, Great Britain), Dongsheng Qiao (Shanghai), Emma Schofield (Reading, Great Britain), David Thompsett (Reading, Great Britain) and Yaping Wan (Shanghai).

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