ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,474, issued on March 17, was assigned to BASF Corp. (Florham Park, N.J.).

"Phosphorus modified UZM-35, methods of preparation, and methods of use thereof" was invented by Toshiyuki Yokoi (Tokyo), Bilge Yilmaz (Iselin, N.J.), Chandrashekhar Kelkar (Iselin, N.J.), Christopher John Gilbert (Iselin, N.J.), David M. Stockwell (Iselin, N.J.) and Xingtao Gao (Iselin, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a phosphorus modified UZM-35 zeolite, methods of its preparation, and methods of its use in hydrocarbon conversion processes, e.g., as part of a catalyst component and/or as part of a catalyst composition. Catalyst compon...