ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,472,486, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to HANWHA SOLUTIONS Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Molding catalyst for hydrogen chloride oxidation reaction, and method for producing same" was invented by Jeong Hwan Chun (Daejeon, South Korea), Seong Ho Yun (Daejeon, South Korea) and Young Jin Cho (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a method for producing a molding catalyst for obtaining chlorine (Cl2) through an oxidation reaction of hydrogen chloride (HCl), and more specifically, to a method for producing an oxidation reaction molding catalyst by adding heterogeneous material to a ruthenium oxid...