ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,409,444, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to Johnson Matthey PLC (London).

"Method for making copper-containing catalysts" was invented by Youxin Cui (Billingham, Great Britain), Monica Garcia (Billingham, Great Britain), Pauline Elizabeth Glen (Billingham, Great Britain), Norman Macleod (Billingham, Great Britain), Michael Thomas Nicholson (Billingham, Great Britain), Simone Roloff-Standring (Billingham, Great Britain) and Kaamila Un Din (Billingham, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for preparing a copper-containing catalyst is described comprising the steps of: (a) combining an acidic copper-containing solution wit...