ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,408, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to LG CHEM LTD (Seoul, South Korea) and KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Catalyst for hydrogenation reaction and method for manufacturing the same" was invented by Myungji Suh (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong Hyun Ko (Daejeon, South Korea), Minkee Choi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yeonwoo Choi (Gyeonggi-do, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for manufacturing a catalyst for a hydrogenation reaction, the method including: preparing a polymer support including a repeating unit of Formula 1, and supporting a catalytic component on the polymer suppor...