ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,022, issued on April 8, was assigned to NANKAI UNIVERSITY (Tianjin, China).

"Highly-dispersed hydrogenation catalyst, preparation method thereof, and use thereof in preparation of biofuel from palm oil or other oil" was invented by Wei Li (Tianjin, China), Siyang Liu (Tianjin, China) and Qingxin Guan (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A highly-dispersed hydrogenation catalyst, a preparation method thereof, and use thereof in the preparation of biofuel from palm oil or other oil are provided. The combination of maleic anhydride-grafted polypropylene (MA-PP) and a silane coupling agent (SCA) is introduced into an aluminum o...