ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,582,971, issued on March 24, was assigned to Shanghai Huayi New Material Co. Ltd (Shanghai).

"Composite oxide catalyst, preparation method therefor, and use thereof" was invented by Desheng Xiong (Shanghai), Yan Zhuang (Shanghai), Yao Cui (Shanghai) and Xiaodong Chu (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a composite oxide catalyst, a preparation method therefor, and a use thereof, the catalyst has the following general formula: MoFeaAlbPcOx, wherein a=0.25-0.5, b=0.001-0.2, c=0.001-0.6, and x is a number satisfying the valence of the general formula. The catalyst has excellent low-temperature performance and thus has a long service...