US Patent Issued to His Majesty the King in Right of Canada as Represented by the Minister of Natural Resources on Feb. 24 for "Methane oxidation catalyst and method of using same" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,673, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to His Majesty the King in Right of Canada as Represented by the Minister of Natural Resources (Ottawa).

"Methane oxidation catalyst and method of using same" was invented by Gianni Caravaggio (Ottawa) and Lioudmila Nossova (Ottawa).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided herein is a methane oxidation catalyst having a support comprising alumina doped with lanthanum and comprising platinum and palladium as active phases. The platinum and palladium are present in the catalyst at an amount effective for producing an exhaust stream from a natural gas vehicle having reduced levels of methane. The catal...