US Patent Issued to Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies on April 1 for "Process for the activation of oxidised catalysts" (British Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,263,473, issued on April 1, was assigned to Johnson Matthey Davy Technologies Ltd. (London).

"Process for the activation of oxidised catalysts" was invented by Michael Bainbridge (Stockton-on-Tees, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for the liquid phase activation of catalysts. Such activated catalysts have particular utility in hydrogenation of aldehydes to alcohols. As such, the present invention relates to a process for the hydrogenation of aldehydes to alcohols in the presence of a catalyst which has been activated in accordance with the first aspect of the present invention."

The...