ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,465,905, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY (Nanjing, China).

"Oxygen-vacancy-rich MoO x /ZrO 2 catalyst and preparation method and application thereof in hydrodeoxygenation of biomass gas-solid system" was invented by Huiyan Zhang (Nanjing, China), Yi Gao (Nanjing, China), Jiajun Yu (Nanjing, China), Shipeng Ding (Nanjing, China) and Rui Xiao (Nanjing, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are an oxygen-vacancy-rich MoOx/ZrO2 catalyst and a preparation method and its application in hydrodeoxygenation of a biomass gas-solid system. The method includes the following steps: (1) dissolving zirconyl nitrate and a...