ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,494,492, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to UNIVERSITY OF YAMANASHI (Yamanashi, Japan) and NIKKI-UNIVERSAL Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Supported metal catalyst, method for producing same, and method for producing carrier" was invented by Toshihiro Miyao (Kofu, Japan), Hanako Nishino (Kofu, Japan), Kazutoshi Higashiyama (Kofu, Japan), Makoto Uchida (Kofu, Japan), Akihiro Iiyama (Kofu, Japan), Kazuya Shibanuma (Hiratsuka, Japan) and Naoto Koizumi (Hiratsuka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a supported metal catalyst with excellent effectiveness factor of active metal particles which are also free from deactivation ...