ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,609, issued on July 28, was assigned to Shenzhen Hingear Energy Co. Ltd. (Shenzhen, China).

"Nanomaterial with noble metal atoms on non-noble metal substrate, and methods of preparation and use thereof" was invented by Xiaoming Sun (Qingdao, China), Xinxuan Duan (Qingdao, China), Guotao Yang (Qingdao, China), Wei Liu (Qingdao, China), Qihao Sha (Qingdao, China), Tianshui Li (Qingdao, China) and Yun Kuang (Qingdao, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Nanomaterials and methods of preparation and use thereof, are disclosed. The nanomaterials include a non-noble metal substrate and noble metal atoms on a surface of the non-noble metal s...