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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 20, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2012
Applicants:
Cynthia M. Friend, Lexington, MA (US);
Robert J. Madix, Lexingon, MA (US);
Bingjun Xu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Inventors:
Cynthia M. Friend, Lexington, MA (US);
Robert J. Madix, Lexingon, MA (US);
Bingjun Xu, Cambridge, MA (US);
Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 269/04 (2006.01); C07C 68/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C 269/04 (2013.01); C07C 68/005 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention provides a method for producing organic carbonates via the reaction of alcohols and carbon monoxide with oxygen adsorbed on a metallic gold or gold alloy catalyst.