MUMBAI, India, March 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202647023583 A) filed by Lyondellbasell Acetyls Llc, Houston, on Feb. 27, for 'polyphosphates and polyphosphonates as rate promoters for the glacial acetic acid process.'
Inventor(s) include Hallinan Noel C; Ramage David L.; Weber Shane J.; Mathews Ryan J.; and Ross-Medgaarden Elizabeth I.
The application for the patent was published on March 13, under issue no. 11/2026.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "A process for producing and recovering acetic acid in an acetic acid production system is disclosed, the process comprising contacting methanol, methyl acetate, or a mixture of the two, and carbon monoxide in t...