ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,753,152, issued on Oct. 6, was assigned to SYMBIENT ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGIES (Mississauga, Canada).
"Method and apparatus for the production of performic acid" was invented by William Kevin O'Keefe (Georgetown, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalytic distillation process, which when operated under vacuum conditions, makes possible the facilitation of peroxyacid chemistry under intrinsically safe conditions with superior efficiency compared to conventional technology. In particular, the process can be used for the production of performic acid (PFA) created from the chemical reaction of formic acid and hydrogen peroxide, while c...