ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,435,286, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to SHELL USA INC. (Houston).

"Process and reactor for converting carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide, involving a catalyst" was invented by Sayee Prasaad Balaji (Amsterdam), Mark Klokkenburg (Amsterdam), Robert Schouwenaar (Amsterdam), Dominik Johannes Michael Unruh (Amsterdam), Jose Atilio Quevedo Enriquez (Amsterdam) and Sven Felske (Amsterdam).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for converting carbon dioxide and hydrogen by performing a reverse water gas shift reaction at elevated temperature, the process comprising introducing carbon dioxide, hydrogen and oxy...