US Patent Issued to Dow Technology Investments on Aug. 4 for "Processes to improve catalytic metal accountability in hydroformylation processes" (Texas, West Virginia Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,251, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to Dow Technology Investments LLC (Midland, Mich.).

"Processes to improve catalytic metal accountability in hydroformylation processes" was invented by Michael A. Brammer (Lake Jackson, Texas), 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: "Embodiments of the present invention are directed to processes to improve rhodium accountability in continuous liquid recycle hydroformylation processes. In some embodiments, a process comprises contacting in a reaction zone reactants comprising C7-C20 olefins, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide in the...