ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,655,084, issued on June 16, was assigned to LG Chem Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).
"Method for preparing an acrylic acid" was invented by Inho Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Hoiin Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Yong O Im (Daejeon, South Korea), Jiyoung Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Daeho Hong (Daejeon, South Korea).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to a method for preparing acrylic acid, and more particularly, to a method for preparing acrylic acid by dehydrating a lactic acid molecule through different steps with different temperatures. According to the preparation method of the present disclosure, acrylic acid can ...