US Patent Issued to Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya on July 28 for "Process for producing functionalized organic molecules and uses thereof" (Spanish Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,692,215, issued on July 28, was assigned to Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya (Barcelona, Spain).

"Process for producing functionalized organic molecules and uses thereof" was invented by Pau Turon Dols (Rubi, Spain), Vanesa Sanz Beltran (Rubi, Spain), Anna Maria Rodriguez Rivero (Rubi, Spain), Carlos Enrique Aleman Llanso (Barcelona, Spain), Jordi Puiggali Bellalta (Badalona, Spain), Guillem Revilla-Lopez (Barcelona, Spain) and Jordi Sans (Barcelona, Spain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for producing functionalized organic molecules having 1 to 3 carbon atoms. The method includes the step of contacting carbon dioxide as the...