ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,977, issued on July 15, was assigned to UMICORE AG & Co. KG (Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany).

"Platinum and zinc-containing zeolite" was invented by Andreas Eich (Gelnhausen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a zeolite comprising zinc and platinum, and to a catalyst containing said zeolites."

The patent was filed on March 24, 2021, under Application No. 17/906,381.

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