ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,226,758, issued on Feb. 18, was assigned to NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (Ningbo, China).

"Raney copper catalyst as well as preparation method and use thereof" was invented by Bin Li (Ningbo, China), Bo Yan (Ningbo, China), Hongfeng Yin (Ningbo, China), Jie Zhang (Ningbo, China) and Shenghu Zhou (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Raney copper catalyst, a preparation method and use thereof are provided. The Raney copper catalyst includes aluminum, copper and a metal promoter, wherein the metal promoter comprises a combination of one or more of Ni, Fe, Mo, Co, Ag, Pd, Pt...