US Patent Issued to BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts on May 26 for "Emission treatment catalysts, systems and methods" (American, German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,613, issued on May 26, was assigned to BASF Mobile Emissions Catalysts LLC (Iselin, N.J.).

"Emission treatment catalysts, systems and methods" was invented by Kenneth E. Voss (Somerville, N.J.), Kevin A. Hallstrom (Clinton, N.J.), Sanath V. Kumar (Hillsborough, N.J.), Susanne Stiebels (Adenbuttel, Germany) and Marius Vaarkamp (Burlington, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Zoned diesel oxidation catalysts containing a higher precious metal loading in the inlet zone that the outlet zone and an equal or shorter length inlet zone are described. Emission treatment systems and methods of remediating nitrogen oxides (NOx), particulate matt...