Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'A Method Of Direct Hydrogenation Of Carbon Dioxide To Formic Acid Using Iridium Catalysts' Filed by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited

MUMBAI, India, March 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311057923 A) filed by Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited, Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh, on Aug. 29, 2023, for 'a method of direct hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to formic acid using iridium catalysts.'

Inventor(s) include Majumder, Supriyo; Das, Rajkumar; Samanta, Chanchal; Thota, Chiranjeevi; and Newalkar, Bharat.

The application for the patent was published on March 7, under issue no. 10/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present disclosure relates to a method of direct hydrogenation of carbon dioxide to formic acid comprising: contacting carbon dioxide (1-40 bar) with hydrogen (1-60 bar) in pre...