ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,684, issued on March 18, was assigned to Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Catalyst for decomposition of ammonia, manufacturing method therefor, and method for producing hydrogen using same" was invented by Ho Jeong Chae (Daejeon, South Korea), Youngmin Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Thien An Le (Daejeon, South Korea), Jeong-Rang Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Tae Wan Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a catalyst for ammonia decomposition, a manufacturing method therefor, and a method for producing hydrogen using the same. More particularly, ...