ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,760, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Modified metal-organic framework and catalyst for hydrogenation reaction including same" was invented by Young Kyu Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea), Anil Haribhau Valekar (Daejeon, South Korea), Ma Eum Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyung Ryul Oh (Daejeon, South Korea) and Do Young Hong (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a metal-organic framework modified using a compound having a hydroxyl group (-OH), a catalyst for a hydrogenation reaction including the same, and a method of m...