US Patent Issued to Johnson Matthey on Oct. 28 for "Modified catalyst supports and catalysts supported thereon" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,453,963, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Johnson Matthey PLC (London).

"Modified catalyst supports and catalysts supported thereon" was invented by Richard Mercer (Billingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A modified catalyst support is described in the form of titania particles with a volume-median diameter in the range 100 to 1000 micro metre modified with one or more refractory oxides of metals selected from the group consisting of zirconium, lanthanum, cerium, yttrium and neodymium, wherein the total refractory oxide content of the modified catalyst support is in the range of 0.1 to 15% by weight, and the modified c...