ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,624,182, issued on May 12, was assigned to UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG (Strasbourg, France), CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris) and UNIVERSITE CLAUDE BERNARD LYON 1 (Villeurbanne, France).

"Functionalized cellular elastomer foam, and a use of a cellular elastomer foam as a catalyst substrate" was invented by David Edouard (Dagneux, France), Vincent Ritleng (Schiltigheim, France), Loic Jierry (Strabourg, France) and Nguyet Trang Thanh Chau Dalencon (Strasbourg, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A functionalized cellular elastomer foam, and a use of a cellular elastomer foam as a catalyst substrate. The cellular elastomer...