US Patent Issued to Colorado State University Research Foundation, New Iridium on July 28 for "Photoredox catalysts and methods of using such catalysts" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,691,440, issued on July 28, was assigned to Colorado State University Research Foundation (For Collins, Colo.) and New Iridium Inc. (Superior, Colo.).

"Photoredox catalysts and methods of using such catalysts" was invented by Garret M. Miyake (Fort Collins, Colo.), Justin P. Cole (Fort Collins, Colo.), Ryan M. Pearson (Fort Collins, Colo.), Chern-Hooi Lim (Superior, Colo.), Max Kudisch (Fort Collins, Colo.) and Dian-Feng Chen (Fort Collins, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The disclosure relates to photoredox catalysts (PC) and methods for the Birch reductions of aromatic substrates, such as benzene, benzeneoid, and heteroaromatic co...