ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,378,205, issued on Aug. 5, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Process for the preparation of triazine intermediates and a process for the preparation of UV absorbers thereof" was invented by Rahul Garg (Navi Mumbai, India), Prachin Kolambkar (Mumbai, India) and Mushtaq Patel (Navi Mumbai, India).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The presently claimed invention relates to a novel, highly efficient and general process for the preparation of the triazine intermediates and their use in the preparation of UV absorbers."

The patent was filed on Jan. 2, 2020, under Application No. 17/421,301.

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