US Patent Issued to Cataler on July 28 for "Particulate filter" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,414, issued on July 28, was assigned to Cataler Corp. (Kakegawa, Japan).

"Particulate filter" was invented by Masaya Ito (Kakegawa, Japan), Ryota Onoe (Kakegawa, Japan), Ryo Tasaki (Kakegawa, Japan), Momoko Iwai (Kakegawa, Japan) and Yamato Matsushita (Kakegawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to the present invention, a wall-flow type particulate filter in which pressure loss is suppressed despite a large formation region of a catalyst layer is provided. The particulate filter disclosed herein includes a wall-flow type base material and a catalyst layer formed on the base material. The base material includes an inlet ...