US Patent Issued to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES on Aug. 25 for "Process configuration for a single phenol purification train for production of phenol and bisphenol-A in an integrated process" (Dutch, Belgian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,715,830, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).

"Process configuration for a single phenol purification train for production of phenol and bisphenol-A in an integrated process" was invented by Lara Galan-Sanchez (Eindhoven, Netherlands), Kae Shin Wong (Maasmechelen, Belgium), Kadek Sumpena (Nederweert, Netherlands) and Martino Trabuio (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for purifying phenol can include contacting a first stream containing phenol with a second stream containing wastewater from a bisphenol-A (BPA) production process to form a third stream...