US Patent Issued to BASF on Aug. 12 for "Procedure for the formation of 2H-benzotriazole bodies and congeners" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,785, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Procedure for the formation of 2H-benzotriazole bodies and congeners" was invented by Reinhold Oehrlein (Rheinfelden-Herten, Germany) and Gabriele Baisch (Binzen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 2H-benzotriazole compounds and congeners, novel 2H-benzotriazole compounds and congeners and their use as UV absorbers in coatings and bulk plastics."

The patent was filed on Dec. 2, 2019, under Application No. 17/311,196.

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