MUMBAI, India, July 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517050276 A) filed by Uop Llc, Des Plaines, U.S.A., on May 26, for 'high surface area, high porosity iridium-based catalyst and method of making.'

Inventor(s) include Li, Zhanyong; Liu, Chunqing; Deptuch, Stacey; and Van Der Vliet, Dennis F.

The application for the patent was published on July 4, under issue no. 27/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "An iridium-based catalyst and method of making the catalyst are described. The catalyst comprises a catalytic material comprising particles comprising iridium or a mixture of iridium and iridium oxide. The particles comprise an interconnected network of nanoparticles. The particles are in the range of 50 nm to 1 pm, and the nanoparticles are in the range of 2 nm to 15 nm. It may have a BET surface area of 30 m2/g or more and a pore volume of at least 0.10 cc/g. The catalyst is made using organic structure directing agents."

The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 20, 2023, under International application No.PCT/US2023/084983.

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