US Patent Issued to BROMINE COMPOUNDS on Nov. 3 for "Quaternary ammonium halides for treating halogen contamination" (Israeli Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,779,269, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to BROMINE COMPOUNDS LTD. (Beer-Sheva, Israel).

"Quaternary ammonium halides for treating halogen contamination" was invented by Igor Kompaniets (Beer Sheva, Israel), Or Press Frimet (Lehavim, Israel), Ofer Cohen (Omer, Israel) and Ran Elazari (Kibbutz Mishmar Hanegev, Israel).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for treating emergency spill or leak of halogen which is bromine or chlorine, comprising contacting an aqueous solution of quaternary ammonium halide with the halogen."

The patent was filed on May 8, 2023, under Application No. 18/144,460.

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