US Patent Issued to Evonik Operations on June 17 for "Catalyst for the synthesis of alkyl mercaptan and process for its preparation" (German, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,009, issued on June 17, was assigned to Evonik Operations GmbH (Essen, Germany).

"Catalyst for the synthesis of alkyl mercaptan and process for its preparation" was invented by Ludger Lautenschuetz (Hanau, Germany), Nadine Duerr (Alsbach, Germany), Achim Fischer (Goldbach, Germany), Manuel Weber-Stockbauer (Hohenau, Germany), Oliver Yair Gutierrez-Tinoco (Richland, Wash.), Ricardo Bermejo Deval (Munich) and Johannes A. Lercher (Ottobrunn, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst may include a support and from 5 to 20 wt.-% of a promoter, based on the total weight of the catalyst, wherein the support may include titanium diox...