ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,714,986, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to NEO Performance Materials (Singapore) PTE LTD. (Singapore).

"Process for making cerium and zirconium containing compositions using mesitylene and composition made by same" was invented by Barry Huang (Singapore), Steffi Tan (Singapore) and Szu Hwee Ng (Singapore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are catalyst compositions having improved mercury intrusion volume and surface areas and processes for making these compositions. The enhanced compositions disclosed herein contain zirconium, cerium, optionally yttrium, and optionally one or more rare earths other than cerium and yttrium. ...