US Patent Issued to Texas Tech University System on Oct. 20 for "Platform for the recovery of transition metal catalysts" (California, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,766,498, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Texas Tech University System (Lubbock, Texas).

"Platform for the recovery of transition metal catalysts" was invented by Michael Findlater (Merced, Calif.) and Guigen Li (Lubbock, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention includes compositions and methods of using a molecule of Formula I:wherein R is selected from methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, phenyl, cyclohexyl, fluoro, chloro, methoxy, ethoxy, butoxy, phenoxy, aryl, alkene, alkyne, and heterocyclic. The molecule of Formula I is a ligand until a metal is added, at which time the molecule is a catalyst."

The patent ...