US Patent Issued to SEKISUI CHEMICAL on June 10 for "Electrochemical cell and method of producing carbonyl compound" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,325,923, issued on June 10, was assigned to SEKISUI CHEMICAL Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).

"Electrochemical cell and method of producing carbonyl compound" was invented by Naohiro Fujinuma (Tsukuba, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electrochemical cell includes: a cathode having a first catalyst that reduces carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide; an anode; an electrolyte solution containing a reactant and an electrolyte; and a second catalyst that synthesizes a carbonyl compound from the carbon monoxide and the reactant."

The patent was filed on Feb. 9, 2023, under Application No. 18/107,622.

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