US Patent Issued to University of Virgina Patent Foundation, The Trustees of Princeton University, California Institute of Technology on Feb. 24 for "Methods for functionalization hydrocarbons" (Virginia, New Jersey, California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,448, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to University of Virgina Patent Foundation (Charlottesville, Va.), The Trustees of Princeton University (Princeton, N.J.) and California Institute of Technology (Pasadena, Calif.).

"Methods for functionalization hydrocarbons" was invented by Thomas B. Gunnoe (Palmyra, Va.), John T. Groves (Princeton, N.J.) and William A. Goddard III (Pasadena, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In one aspect, the disclosure relates to a method for functionalizing hydrocarbons. In a further aspect, the method involves heating a hydrocarbon with a composition having an acid and an oxidant. In other aspects, the c...