ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,466,742, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to SK SPECIALTY Co. LTD. (Yeongju-si, South Korea).

"Production of MoO 2 Cl 2" was invented by Timo Ebert (Linsengericht, Germany), Annika Frey (Hanau, Germany), Nicholas Rau (Marburg, Germany), Wolf Schorn (Waldbronn, Germany), Ralf Karch (Kleinostheim, Germany), Eileen Woerner (Nidderau, Germany) and Angelino Doppiu (Seligenstadt, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a method for producing MoO2Cl2 under inert conditions, comprising the steps of: (i) charging a reaction vessel with MoO2, (ii) reacting the MoO2 with supplied Cl2 in the reaction vessel at a first temperat...