US Patent Issued to Dioxycle on Jan. 28 for "Chlor-alkali and carbon monoxide electrolyzer integration" (French, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,322, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Dioxycle (Bordeaux, France).

"Chlor-alkali and carbon monoxide electrolyzer integration" was invented by Ruperto G Mariano (South San Francisco, Calif.), Joshua A. Rabinowitz (San Francisco), Sarah Lamaison (Paris) and David Wakerley (Paris).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Integrations of carbon monoxide electrolyzers and chlor-alkali electrolyzers are disclosed herein. The disclosed integrations include novel process chains for the valorization of oxocarbons into hydrochloric acid, vinyl chloride, vinyl acetate, ethylene oxide, and other useful chemicals. The disclosed integrations further inclu...