ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,434,217, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to ASYMCHEM LABORATORIES (FUXIN) Co. LTD. (Liaoning, China).

"Device for continuously preparing 2,6-dihydroxybenzaldehyde" was invented by Hao Hong (Morrisville, N.C.), Jiangping Lu (Tianjin, China), Xichun Feng (Tianjin, China), Xin Zhang (Tianjin, China) and Bo Yan (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a device for continuously preparing 2,6-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and use thereof. The device includes a first continuous reaction unit for hydroxy protection reaction, a second continuous reaction unit for lithiation and hydroformylation, and a third continuous ...