ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,754, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to L'Air Liquide Societe Anonyme Pour l'Etude et l'Exploitation des Procedes Georges Claude (Paris).

"Process for preparing methanol" was invented by Timm Schuhmann (Bensheim, Germany), Thomas Wurzel (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Bryce Williams (Frankfurt am Main, Germany), Veronika Gronemann (Karben, Germany), Tobias Oelmann (Bad Vilbel, Germany), Stephane Haag (Frankfurt am Main, Germany) and Nga Thi Quynh Do (Frankfurt am Main, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for preparing methanol, in which a synthesis gas comprising carbon oxides and hydrogen is provi...