ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,595,221, issued on April 7, was assigned to Dow Technology Investments LLC (Midland, Mich.).
"Hydroformylation processes" was invented by Jason F. Giles (Missouri City, Texas) and Glenn A. Miller (South Charleston, W.va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure relates to continuous hydroformylation processes. In one aspect, a continuous hydroformylation process comprises: (a) contacting CO, H2, and at least one olefin in the presence of a hydroformylation catalyst in a reaction fluid in at least two reaction zones under hydroformylation conditions sufficient to form at least one aldehyde product, wherein the hydroformylation catal...