US Patent Issued to 3M Innovative Properties on May 5 for "Catalyst" (Minnesota, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,620,601, issued on May 5, was assigned to 3M Innovative Properties Co. (St. Paul, Minn.).

"Catalyst" was invented by Andrew J. L. Steinbach (Shoreview, Minn.), Amy E. Hester (Hudson, Wis.), Sean M. Luopa (Minneapolis), Andrew T. Haug (Woodbury, Minn.), Krzysztof A. Lewinski (Mahtomedi, Minn.) and Grant M. Thoma (Woodbury, Minn.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Catalyst material comprising nanoparticles dispersed within a metal oxide layer, the metal oxide layer comprises metal oxide comprising at least one metal cation, wherein the nanoparticles comprise Pt, wherein the nanoparticles comprise less than 10 atom % of oxygen, and wherein the me...