ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,155, issued on June 16, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea) and KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Catalyst for decomposing perfluorinated compounds and method of manufacturing the catalyst" was invented by Joungwoo Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Minkee Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Seongyun Ryu (Asan-si, South Korea), Jongsan Chang (Suwon-si, South Korea), Myungwon Oh (Daejeon, South Korea) and Seungjun Lee (Hwaseong-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst for decomposing perfluorinated compounds includes an alumina carrier, at least one metal c...