ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,416,086, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to INNOVATOR ENERGY LLC (Houston).

"Alkali hydroxide production from alkali sulfate with halogen or carboxylic acid intermediates" was invented by Ethan Novek (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The application pertains to processes for producing components such as an alkali hydroxide and a carboxylic acid. The processes generally comprise reacting a component comprising calcium carbonate, or calcium sulfide, or calcium hydroxide, or calcium oxide, or calcium weak acid, or any combination thereof with a component comprising a carboxylic acid to form a component comprising a calcium carboxyla...