ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,337,305, issued on June 24, was assigned to Johnson Matthey PLC (London).

"Method of manufacturing catalyst intermediate" was invented by Nicholas McNamara (Wayne, Pa.), Peter Charles Stonehouse (Wayne, Pa.), Austin Gregory Gallagher (Savannah, Ga.), Alessandro Turrina (Billingham, Great Britain), Yvonne Truckle (Billingham, Great Britain) and Daniel Peter Depuccio (Wayne, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of manufacturing a catalyst intermediate is provided. The method comprises: providing a slurry comprising a hydrous oxide of one or more of aluminium, cerium and zirconium; and contacting the slurry comprising a hydrous oxide...