Intellectual Property India Publishes Patent Application for 'Copper-Containing Hydrogenation Catalysts For The Hydrogenolysis Of Esters' Filed by Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company

MUMBAI, India, March 7 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517014415 A) filed by Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, on Feb. 19, for 'copper-containing hydrogenation catalysts for the hydrogenolysis of esters.'

Inventor(s) include Small, Stuart Michael.

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 specification describes a process for the hydrogenolysis of an ester substrate, comprising the step of carrying out hydrogenolysis of the ester substrate in the presence of a heterogeneous catalyst, wherein the catalyst comprises: 5-20 wt% copper and 5-12 wt% zinc; on an alumina support; ...