ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,594,546, issued on April 7, was assigned to SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY (Suzhou, China).

"Ternary composite material having NiO nanosheet/bimetallic CeCuO x microsheet core-shell structure, and preparation and application thereof" was invented by Jianmei Lu (Suzhou, China), Dongyun Chen (Suzhou, China) and Jun Jiang (Suzhou, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are a ternary composite material having a NiO nanosheet/bimetallic CeCuOx microsheet core-shell structure, and a preparation method therefor, and an application thereof. CeCuOx has a large specific surface area and high stability. A NiO/CeCuOx core-shell structured composite mater...