ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,817, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Zhejiang Sugar Energy Technology Co. Ltd. (Ningbo, China).

"Cobalt catalyst and preparation method thereof" was invented by Chunlin Chen (Ningbo, China), Zhenqiang Zhou (Ningbo, China) and Jian Zhang (Ningbo, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A cobalt catalyst and a preparation method thereof are provided. The cobalt catalyst includes a carrier and a catalytically active substance; the carrier is a cobalt-based substrate material; the catalytically active substance is grown on the surface of the carrier, and the catalytically active substance has a morphology of hydrangea-shaped nanospheres....