ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,540,108, issued on Feb. 3, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago) and FORGE NANO (Louisville, Colo.).

"Alkane dehydrogenation catalyst and methods of converting alkanes to alkenes" was invented by Christopher L. Marshall (Naperville, Ill.), Zheng Lu (Bolingbrook, Ill.), Jeffrey W. Elam (Elmhurst, Ill.), Christopher Nicholas (Evanston, Ill.), Paul T. Barger (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Martha Leigh Abrams (Chicago), Arrelaine Dameron (Boulder, Colo.) and Ryon W. Tracy (Westminster, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is an alkane dehydrogenation catalyst, a method of manufacturing an alkane dehydrogenation catalyst, ...