ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,563, issued on March 25, was assigned to HANWHA SOLUTIONS Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Aldol condensation reaction apparatus" 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 an apparatus for an aldol condensation reaction having high productivity at low cost. Specifically, the apparatus for an aldol condensation reaction according to the present invention has an effect of having high productivity by preventing a drop in a conversion rate due...