ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,410,205, issued on Sept. 9, was assigned to UMICORE AG & Co. KG (Hanau-Wolfgang, Germany).
"Trimethylplatinum(IV) iodide" was invented by Angelino Doppiu (Seligenstadt, Germany), Ralf Karch (Kleinostheim, Germany) and Eileen Woerner (Nidderau, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for producing trimethylplatinum(IV) iodide and trimethylplatinum(IV) iodide obtainable according to said method and the use thereof as a reactant for producing platinum(IV) compounds, as a precatalyst and as a catalyst. The platinum(IV) compounds thus obtainable, as well as the use thereof as precursors for the deposition of ...