ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,237, issued on July 28, was assigned to UCHICAGO ARGONNE LLC (Chicago).

"Continuous method for preparing tricyanoimidazole" was invented by Trevor L. Dzwiniel (Carol Stream, Ill.) and Krzysztof Z. Pupek (Plainfield, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein are methods and continuous processes of preparing tricyanoimidazole (a compound of Formula (A)) or a salt (e.g., a potassium or lithium salt) thereof. The methods include (a) contacting a first reaction stream comprising a compound of Formula (I)with a second reaction stream comprising a nitrite source, to form a first combined reaction stream comprising a compound of F...