ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,172, issued on July 14, was assigned to DAEGU GYEONGBUK INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daegu, South Korea).

"Composite particles of core-shell structure including metal oxide particle core and platinum-group transition metal shell, and electrochemical reaction electrode material including same" was invented by Jong Sung Yu (Seoul, South Korea) and Ha Young Lee (Chungju-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to composite particles of a core-shell structure including a metal oxide particle core and a platinum-group transition metal shell, and an electrode for platinum-group transition metal-b...