ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,644, issued on July 29, was assigned to Verstill Distillation Systems Ltd. (Israel).
"Maturation system and method" was invented by Yechiel Ben Zvi (Ashdod, Israel), Matan Edvy (Plainsboro, N.J.) and Ido Maor (Hashachar, Israel).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An improved method of maturation of an unaged or partially aged distilled spirit, the method comprising: exposing the spirit to at least one catalytic material consisting of a group selected from: iron oxide nanoparticles, alumina-supported Fe(II) complexes, Pd/C, multiwalled carbon nanotubes, carbon xerogels, carbon based solid acid catalysts, SO42-/TiO2/Gamma-Al2O3, an element ...