US Patent Issued to BASF on Aug. 25 for "Process for the production of alkanesulfonic acids" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,841, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Process for the production of alkanesulfonic acids" was invented by Andreas Kempter (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Oliver Sala (Ludwigshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for the manufacturing of alkanesulfonic acid by reaction of an alkane with an anhydride in the presence of sulfuric acid and a starter at ambient temperature or higher and under pressure."

The patent was filed on July 28, 2020, under Application No. 17/632,955.

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