ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,007, issued on June 17, was assigned to ZHEJIANG NHU Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China), ZHEJIANG NHU SPECIAL MATERIALS Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China) and ZHEJIANG NHU NYLON MATERIALS Co. LTD. (Zhejiang, China).

"Use of a multidentate phosphite ligand in the catalytic synthesis of adiponitrile" was invented by Zhirong Chen (Zhejiang, China), Wenbin Wu (Zhejiang, China), Hong Yin (Zhejiang, China), Zengshi Zha (Zhejiang, China), Keyan Wang (Zhejiang, China), Li Ma (Zhejiang, China), Guodong Huang (Zhejiang, China), Guiyang Zhou (Zhejiang, China) and Yong Xu (Zhejiang, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A multidentate phosphite ligand is used in...