US Patent Issued to Casale on July 14 for "Reactor for the synthesis of urea" (Italian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,803, issued on July 14, was assigned to Casale SA (Lugano, Switzerland).

"Reactor for the synthesis of urea" was invented by Mario Dente (Milan), Leonardo Marrone (Mercallo, Italy) and Federico Maffietti (Como, Italy).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A reactor for the synthesis of urea comprising a vertical shell and perforated baffles or trays (3) arranged to define compartments of the reactor, wherein each baffle comprises an array of individual perforated tiles (10) wherein each tile (101) comprises side walls (101A-101D) and a top face (101F), the side walls having first perforations for the liquid and said top face having second pe...