Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'A Process For Simultaneously Converting Hydrogen Halides To Halogens And Carbon To Hydrocarbons' Filed by Dehestani, Ahmad; and Mcfarland, Eric W

MUMBAI, India, Nov. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517070592 A) filed by Dehestani, Ahmad; and Mcfarland, Eric W, Walnut Creek, U.S.A., on July 24, for 'a process for simultaneously converting hydrogen halides to halogens and carbon to hydrocarbons.'

Inventor(s) include Dehestani, Ahmad; and Mcfarland, Eric W.

The application for the patent was published on Nov. 14, under issue no. 46/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A process for producing hydrocarbons and halogens includes contacting solid carbon with a reactive metal to produce a metal carbide, reacting the metal carbide with a hydrogen halide to produce a product comprising a hydrocarbon and a meta...