US Patent Issued to BASF, thyssenkrupp, thyssenkrupp Uhde on March 31 for "Integrated process of pyrolysis, electrode anode production and aluminum production and joint plant" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,590,379, issued on March 31, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), thyssenkrupp AG (Essen, Germany) and thyssenkrupp Uhde GmbH (Dortmund, Germany).

"Integrated process of pyrolysis, electrode anode production and aluminum production and joint plant" was invented by Frederik Scheiff (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Marc Leduc (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Grigorios Kolios (Ludwigshafen, Germany), William Daloz (Beachwood, Ohio), Karsten Bueker (Dortmund, Germany), Nicolai Antweiler (Essen, Germany) and Andreas Bode (Ludwigshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated process contains the following steps of: (i) pyro...