ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,858, issued on July 14, was assigned to SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY R&DB FOUNDATION (Seoul, South Korea) and INSTITUTE FOR BASIC SCIENCE (Daejeon, South Korea).

"Alloy nanoparticles, method for forming the alloy nanoparticles, and alloy nanocatalyst comprising the alloy nanoparticles" was invented by Taeghwan Hyeon (Seoul, South Korea), Yung-Eun Sung (Seoul, South Korea), Tae Yong Yoo (Seoul, South Korea) and Ji Mun Yoo (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Alloy nanoparticles, and a method for forming the alloy nanoparticles, an alloy nanocatalyst comprising the alloy nanoparticles are provided. The alloy nanoparticles ar...