US Patent Issued to Korea Institute of Science and Technology on Dec. 16 for "Methanol and sulfuric acid co-production system" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,496,533, issued on Dec. 16, was assigned to Korea Institute of Science and Technology (Seoul, South Korea).

"Methanol and sulfuric acid co-production system" was invented by Ung Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hyun Joo Lee (Seoul, South Korea), Hong Gon Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Kyeong Su Kim (Seoul, South Korea), Jae Hyung Im (Seoul, South Korea) and He Won Lee (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a methanol and sulfuric acid co-production system capable of producing methanol and sulfuric acid in equal equivalents. Specifically, the system includes an oxidation reaction unit configured to produce methyl bisulfate (C...