ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,776, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to Oxford University Innovation Ltd. (Oxford, Great Britain).
"Fluorination processes" was invented by Veronique Gouverneur (Oxford, Great Britain), Gabriele Pupo (Oxford, Great Britain), Duncan Browne (Biggleswade, Great Britain) and Jamie Leitch (Wallingford, Great Britain).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for preparing a fluorinating reagent from a calcium-containing compound is disclosed. The process bypasses the requirement to form hydrofluoric acid. The fluorinating reagent can be used to prepare high-value fluorochemicals."
The patent was filed on Feb. 20, 2024, under Application No...