US Patent Issued to BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts on Aug. 4 for "Automotive 3-way catalyst system containing a tail pipe catalyst" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,697,604, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC (Iselin, N.J.).

"Automotive 3-way catalyst system containing a tail pipe catalyst" was invented by Aleksei Vjunov (Iselin, N.J.) and Michel Deeba (East Brunswick, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to an automotive catalyst system which can be used to selectively reduce carbon monoxide. The system comprises a first close coupled three-way conversion catalytic article in fluid communication with an engine exhaust outlet, a catalytic article located downstream of and in fluid communication with the first close coupled three-way conversion ...