Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'An Improved Electrochemical Method For The Preparation Of 4-Aminophenol From 4-Nitrophenol' Filed by Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research

MUMBAI, India, May 30 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202311080870 A) filed by Council Of Scientific And Industrial Research, New Delhi, on Nov. 28, 2023, for 'an improved electrochemical method for the preparation of 4-aminophenol from 4-nitrophenol.'

Inventor(s) include Murugavel Kathiresan; Thasan Raju; Vembu Suryanarayanan; and Aathilingam Vijayaprabhakaran.

The application for the patent was published on May 30, under issue no. 22/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to the electrochemical reduction of 4-nitrophenol to 4-aminophenol under ambient conditions using carbon electrodes in a divided cell set-up using a proton exchange...