US Patent Issued to North Carolina State University on Sept. 23 for "Promoted mixed oxides for "low-temperature" methane partial oxidation in absence of gaseous oxidants" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,420,266, issued on Sept. 23, was assigned to North Carolina State University (Raleigh, N.C.).

"Promoted mixed oxides for "low-temperature" methane partial oxidation in absence of gaseous oxidants" was invented by Fanxing Li (Raleigh, N.C.), Arya Shafiefarhood (Raleigh, N.C.) and Amit Mishra (Raleigh, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Redox catalysts are provided for "low-temperature" methane partial oxidation in absence of gaseous oxidants. Methods of converting the methane to syngas using the catalysts are also provided. In some aspects, the conversion takes place at temperatures of about 400deg C. to about 950deg C. The methods can ...