ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,502,661, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to ANHUI CONCH MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Wuhu, China).

"Catalysts for synthesizing cyclic carbonates, preparation methods and uses thereof" was invented by Shanshan Qian (Wuhu, China), Feng Ding (Wuhu, China), Feng Jin (Wuhu, China), Feng Chen (Wuhu, China), Jinying Peng (Wuhu, China) and Xiqing Zhang (Wuhu, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention provides a catalyst for synthesizing a cyclic carbonate and a preparation method and use thereof. A diamine compound X, a salicylaldehyde-containing compound and a metal source M are subjected to reaction, and then added with a phe...