ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,280,352, issued on April 22, was assigned to HANWHA SOLUTIONS Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Continuous stirred tank reactor for aldol condensation reaction" was invented by Shinbeom Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyojin Jeon (Daejeon, South Korea), Gyeongseon Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Keedo Han (Daejeon, South Korea) and Junhee Han (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided is a continuous stirred tank reactor for an aldol condensation reaction and an apparatus for an aldol condensation reaction including the same, which prevent a decrease in a conversion rate due to dead zone occurrence even in the case of an increase ...