ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,508, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to Loughborough University (Loughborough, Great Britain).

"Electrochemical transformations" was invented by Benjamin Roger Buckley (Loughborough, Great Britain), Jin Xuan (Loughborough, Great Britain), Anas Alkayal (Loughborough, Great Britain) and Faraz Montazersadgh (Loughborough, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for synthesising a defined compound, such as solketal, wherein the process comprises subjecting a solution comprising another defined compound, such as glycerol, to a potential difference. A compound and a composition obtainable by the process, and a product comp...