US Patent Issued to DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, ROHM AND HAAS on June 16 for "Process and catalyst for oxidative esterification with mechanically strong and chemically resistant catalyst" (American, Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,654,156, issued on June 16, was assigned to DOW GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (Midland, Mich.) and ROHM AND HAAS COMPANY (Collegeville, Pa.).

"Process and catalyst for oxidative esterification with mechanically strong and chemically resistant catalyst" was invented by Alexey Kirilin (Terneuzen, Netherlands), Kirk W. Limbach (Dresher, Pa.), Wen Sheng Lee (Midland, Mich.), Jeffrey A. Herron (Midland, Mich.) and Victor J. Sussman (Midland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst comprising a noble metal disposed on a support. The noble metal is present in an amount ranging from 0.1 wt % to 10 wt % relative to the total weight of the catal...