US Patent Issued to BASF on May 13 for "Heterogeneous catalyzed process for the production of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidone" (German Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,174, issued on May 13, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Heterogeneous catalyzed process for the production of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidone" was invented by Thomas Heydt (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Michael Schmitt (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Alvaro Gordillo Bolonio (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Andrei-Nicolae Parvulescu (Ludwigshafen, Germany), Ulrich Mueller (Ludwigshafen, Germany) and Michael Kuebler (Ludwigshafen, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for the production of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-4-piperidone particularly comprising (i) providing a reactor containing a cata...