ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,577,215, issued on March 17, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Triazine UV absorbers and a process for the preparation thereof" was invented by Shilpa Korde (Navi Mumbai, India), Mushtaq Patel (Navi Mumbai, India), Amarish Samel (Navi Mumbai, India), Mudabbir Ansari (Navi Mumbai, India) and Sachin Rane (Navi Mumbai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently claimed invention relates to novel, highly efficient triazine UV absorbers and a general process for the preparation UV absorber compounds from natural precursors."

The patent was filed on Dec. 25, 2020, under Application No. 17/788,683.

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