US Patent Issued to University of Houston System, Oregon State University on May 26 for "Inhibition-free low-temperature engine exhaust oxidation catalyst" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,636,641, issued on May 26, was assigned to University of Houston System (Houston) and Oregon State University (Corvallis, Ore.).

"Inhibition-free low-temperature engine exhaust oxidation catalyst" was invented by Lars Christian Grabow (Houston), Yuying Song (Columbus, Ind.), Konstantinos Goulas (Corvallis, Ore.), Melanie Hazlett (Toronto) and William Epling (Charlottesville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a method for preparing a supported metal alloy catalyst for low temperature engine exhaust oxidation without CO or NO inhibition. The catalyst includes bimetallic PdCu alloy deposited on a SiO2 support...