ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,439, issued on July 28, was assigned to ASAHI KASEI K.K. (Tokyo).

"Catalyst for production of carboxylic acid ester and method for producing carboxylic acid ester" was invented by Dai Nagata (Tokyo) and Hitoshi Okazaki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst for production of carboxylic acid ester, containing: catalyst particles containing at least one element selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, palladium, lead, platinum, ruthenium, gold, silver, and copper; and a support supporting the catalyst particles, wherein the catalyst for production of carboxylic acid ester has half-width Wa of pore distribution of...