ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,077, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL Corp. (Beijing) and RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING, SINOPEC (Beijing).

"Carbon-coated nickel oxide nanocomposite material, preparation method therefor and use thereof" was invented by Junfeng Rong (Beijing), Peng Yu (Beijing), Jingxin Xie (Beijing), Guobiao Xu (Beijing), Mingsheng Zong (Beijing), Genghuang Wu (Beijing), Weiguo Lin (Beijing) and Hongbo Ji (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A carbon-coated nickel oxide nanocomposite material, its preparation, and application thereof are provided. The nanocomposite material contains carbon-coated nickel ...