ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,746,538, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Cataler Corp. (Kakegawa, Japan).

"Method for manufacturing exhaust gas purification catalyst" was invented by Takashi Kuwahara (Kakegawa, Japan), Etsuko Ohara (Kakegawa, Japan) and Ryoma Morita (Kakegawa, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A manufacturing method for suppressing a slurry from adhering to a flange part and an uncoated part from forming on a honeycomb structure body. The method of the exhaust gas purification catalyst includes preparing a base material, which includes an outer cylinder having the flange part and the honeycomb structure body, holding the base material to make a...