US Patent Issued to Air Company Holdings on June 16 for "Modified copper-zinc catalysts and methods for alcohol production from carbon dioxide" (Massachusetts, Rhode Island Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,157, issued on June 16, was assigned to Air Co. Holdings Inc. (Brooklyn, N.Y.).

"Modified copper-zinc catalysts and methods for alcohol production from carbon dioxide" was invented by Stafford W. Sheehan (Tiverton, R.I.) and Chi Chen (Shrewsbury, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides catalysts, comprising: copper; zinc; one or more first elements selected from iron, nickel, or cobalt; aluminum; oxygen; optionally, one or more second elements selected from a Group V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI metal (e.g., manganese, silver, niobium, zirconium, molybdenum, ruthenium, or palladium); and optionally, one ...