US Patent Issued to BASF on July 14 for "Supported transition metal nanoparticle catalyst and use thereof as a hydrogenation catalyst" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,773, issued on July 14, was assigned to BASF Corp. (Florham Park, N.J.).

"Supported transition metal nanoparticle catalyst and use thereof as a hydrogenation catalyst" was invented by Peter Witte (De Meern, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst comprising transition metal nanoparticles, stabilizing ligands, and a support material, wherein at least a portion of the stabilizing ligands are adsorbed on the surface of the transition metal nanoparticles such as to form stabilized transition metal nanoparticles, wherein the stabilized transition metal nanoparticles are supported on the support material, wherein the catalyst...