ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,698, issued on April 21, was assigned to CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris).

"Catalytic assembly comprising a micrometric ferromagnetic material and use of said assembly for heterogeneous catalysis reactions" was invented by Julien Marbaix (Bordeaux, France), Sumeet Kale (Pune, India), Stephane Faure (Launaguet, France), Aikaterini Soulantika (Clermont le Fort, France) and Bruno Chaudret (Vigoulet Auzil, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a catalytic assembly for carrying out a heterogeneous catalysis reaction in a given temperature range T, characterized in that it comprises the associa...