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Method for manufacturing electroless plating substrate and method f...
- Patent number 11,865,518
- Issue date Jan 9, 2024
- National Tsing Hua University
- Tzu-Chien Wei
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Hydrogenation catalyst compositions and their use for hydrogenation...
- Patent number 11,713,361
- Issue date Aug 1, 2023
- ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
- Qingchun Liu
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Radical generating catalyst, method for producing radical, method f...
- Patent number 11,673,129
- Issue date Jun 13, 2023
- ACENET INC.
- Kiyoto Takamori
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Hydrotreating catalyst with a titanium containing carrier and organ...
- Patent number 11,420,193
- Issue date Aug 23, 2022
- Albemarle Europe SRL
- Jana Juan Alcaniz
- C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MON...
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Hydroprocessing catalyst composition containing a heterocyclic pola...
- Patent number 11,325,108
- Issue date May 10, 2022
- SHELL USA, INC.
- John Anthony Smegal
- C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MON...
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Catalysts for chemical reactions in a water-surfactant mixture
- Patent number 11,235,316
- Issue date Feb 1, 2022
- Novartis AG
- Fabrice Gallou
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Catalysts for olefin isomerization
- Patent number 11,148,125
- Issue date Oct 19, 2021
- Brandeis University
- Xiao Zhou
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Catalyst made from an organic compound and use thereof in a hydropr...
- Patent number 11,097,258
- Issue date Aug 24, 2021
- IFP Energies Nouvelles
- Pierre-Louis Carrette
- C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MON...
Information Patent Grant
Normal alpha olefin synthesis using dehydroformylation or dehydroxy...
- Patent number 11,072,569
- Issue date Jul 27, 2021
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
- Steven M. Bischof
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Cobalt catalyst comprising a support comprising a mixed oxide phase...
- Patent number 11,071,972
- Issue date Jul 27, 2021
- IFP Energies Nouvelles
- Damien Delcroix
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Selective hydrogenation method using a nickel-based catalyst produc...
- Patent number 10,927,310
- Issue date Feb 23, 2021
- IFP Energies Nouvelles
- Anne-Claire Dubreuil
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Alkylation processes using liquid Lewis acid catalysts
- Patent number 10,889,534
- Issue date Jan 12, 2021
- UOP LLC
- Erin M. Broderick
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Radical generating catalyst, method for producing radical, method f...
- Patent number 10,870,102
- Issue date Dec 22, 2020
- ACENET INC.
- Kiyoto Takamori
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Organic zinc catalyst, preparation method thereof, and method for p...
- Patent number 10,836,860
- Issue date Nov 17, 2020
- LG Chem, Ltd.
- Sung-Kyoung Kim
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Self-adsorbed catalyst composition, method for preparing the same a...
- Patent number 10,828,624
- Issue date Nov 10, 2020
- National Tsing Hua University
- Tzu-Chien Wei
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Grant
Normal alpha olefin synthesis using dehydroformylation or dehydroxy...
- Patent number 10,723,672
- Issue date Jul 28, 2020
- Chervon Phillips Chemical Company LP
- Steven M. Bischof
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Catalytic composition comprising nickel, a phosphine-type ligand an...
- Patent number 10,646,860
- Issue date May 12, 2020
- IFP Energies Nouvelles
- Pierre-Alain Breuil
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Organic zinc catalyst, preparation method thereof, and method for p...
- Patent number 10,633,488
- Issue date Apr 28, 2020
- LG Chem Ltd.
- Sung-Kyoung Kim
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Process for preparing isocyanates containing alkoxysilane groups
- Patent number 10,611,782
- Issue date Apr 7, 2020
- Evonik Operations GmbH
- Manfred Kreczinski
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Catalyst compositions and their use for hydrogenation of nitrile ru...
- Patent number 10,508,156
- Issue date Dec 17, 2019
- ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH
- Werner Obrecht
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Catalyst compositions and their use for hydrogenation of nitrile ru...
- Patent number 10,500,578
- Issue date Dec 10, 2019
- ARLANXEO Deutschland GmbH
- Werner Obrecht
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Process for preparing hydrocracking catalyst
- Patent number 10,279,340
- Issue date May 7, 2019
- Shell Oil Company
- Cornelis Ouwehand
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Process for the preparation of high purity propylene polymers
- Patent number 10,221,261
- Issue date Mar 5, 2019
- Basell Poliolefine Italia s.r.l.
- Monica Galvan
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Catalytic composition and process for oligomerizing ethylene into 1...
- Patent number 10,150,108
- Issue date Dec 11, 2018
- IFP Energies Nouvelles
- Lionel Magna
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Alkylation of picolinamides with substituted chloroacylals utilizin...
- Patent number 10,144,728
- Issue date Dec 4, 2018
- Dow AgroSciences LLC
- Matthew J. Jansma
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Method for producing catalyst composition for hydrogenation and cat...
- Patent number 10,144,004
- Issue date Dec 4, 2018
- ASAHI KASEI CHEMICALS CORPORATION
- Yoshifumi Araki
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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Methods for producing fuels, gasoline additives, and lubricants usi...
- Patent number 10,138,193
- Issue date Nov 27, 2018
- The Regents of the University of California
- Shylesh Sankaranarayanapillai
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Process for preparing unsymmetric OCO pincer ligands from the group...
- Patent number 10,131,607
- Issue date Nov 20, 2018
- Evonik Degussa GmbH
- Katrin Marie Dyballa
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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Catalyst compositions for selective dimerization of ethylene
- Patent number 10,105,693
- Issue date Oct 23, 2018
- Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
- Roland Schmidt
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
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Asymmetric synthesis of funapide
- Patent number 10,100,060
- Issue date Oct 16, 2018
- Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc.
- Ronen Ben-David
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY

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CATALYST-EMBEDDED MESOPOROUS CARBON CRYOGELS FOR ENERGY STORAGE
- Publication number 20250015264
- Publication date Jan 9, 2025
- XBM USA LLC
- Junbing Yang
- B82 - NANO-TECHNOLOGY
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METHOD FOR PREPARING BILIVERDIN OR DERIVATIVE THEREOF
- Publication number 20230312533
- Publication date Oct 5, 2023
- Poseidon Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
- Fapu CHEN
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
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CATALYST SOLUTION FOR ELECTROLESS PLATING DEVOID OF AN AMINE
- Publication number 20230295808
- Publication date Sep 21, 2023
- The Boeing Company
- Katharine Anne Bartlett
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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RADICAL GENERATING CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADICAL, METHOD F...
- Publication number 20230264181
- Publication date Aug 24, 2023
- ACENET INC.
- Kiyoto TAKAMORI
- A61 - MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE HYGIENE
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CATALYST FOR MANUFACTURING AMIDE COMPOUND, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTU...
- Publication number 20230121469
- Publication date Apr 20, 2023
- Chubu University Educational Foundation
- Hisashi YAMAMOTO
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
HYDROTREATING CATALYST WITH A TITANIUM CONTAINING CARRIER AND ORGAN...
- Publication number 20220339614
- Publication date Oct 27, 2022
- Albemarle Europe SRL
- JANA JUAN ALCANIZ
- C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MON...
Information Patent Application
HYDROGENATION CATALYST COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE FOR HYDROGENATION...
- Publication number 20210198385
- Publication date Jul 1, 2021
- ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
- Qingchun LIU
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
RADICAL GENERATING CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADICAL, METHOD F...
- Publication number 20210023538
- Publication date Jan 28, 2021
- ACENET INC.
- Kiyoto TAKAMORI
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
Normal Alpha Olefin Synthesis Using Dehydroformylation or Dehydroxy...
- Publication number 20200331823
- Publication date Oct 22, 2020
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
- Steven M. Bischof
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
HYDROTREATING CATALYST WITH A TITANIUM CONTAINING CARRIER AND ORGAN...
- Publication number 20200222887
- Publication date Jul 16, 2020
- Albemarle Europe SRL
- JANA JUAN ALCANIZ
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
ORGANIC ZINC CATALYST, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR P...
- Publication number 20200216612
- Publication date Jul 9, 2020
- LG CHEM, LTD.
- Sung-Kyoung KIM
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
COBALT CATALYST COMPRISING A SUPPORT COMPRISING A MIXED OXIDE PHASE...
- Publication number 20200129969
- Publication date Apr 30, 2020
- IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES
- Damien DELCROIX
- C10 - PETROLEUM, GAS OR COKE INDUSTRIES TECHNICAL GASES CONTAINING CARBON MON...
Information Patent Application
METHOD AND DEVICES FOR THE SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF RESI...
- Publication number 20200080979
- Publication date Mar 12, 2020
- University of Tennessee Research Foundation
- David Blevins
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PROCESS FOR PREPARING ISOCYANATES CONTAINING ALKOXYSILANE GROUPS
- Publication number 20190300551
- Publication date Oct 3, 2019
- EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbH
- Manfred Kreczinski
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
Normal Alpha Olefin Synthesis Using Dehydroformylation or Dehydroxy...
- Publication number 20190263729
- Publication date Aug 29, 2019
- Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP
- Steven M. Bischof
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
CATALYST MADE FROM AN ORGANIC COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF IN A HYDROPR...
- Publication number 20190151834
- Publication date May 23, 2019
- IFP Energies nouvelles
- Pierre-Louis CARRETTE
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
RADICAL GENERATING CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADICAL, METHOD F...
- Publication number 20180369798
- Publication date Dec 27, 2018
- ACENET INC.
- Kiyoto TAKAMORI
- C07 - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY
Information Patent Application
CATALYST COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE FOR HYDROGENATION OF NITRILE RU...
- Publication number 20180297022
- Publication date Oct 18, 2018
- LANXESS Deutschland GmbH
- Werner Obrecht
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
CATALYST COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE FOR HYDROGENATION OF NITRILE RU...
- Publication number 20180223005
- Publication date Aug 9, 2018
- ARLANXEO DEUTSCHLAND GMBH
- Werner OBRECHT
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
N,N,N'-Trimethyl-Bis-(Aminoethyl) Ether and its Derivatives as Cata...
- Publication number 20180214857
- Publication date Aug 2, 2018
- EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbH
- Juan Jesus Burdeniuc
- C08 - ORGANIC MACROMOLECULAR COMPOUNDS THEIR PREPARATION OR CHEMICAL WORKING-...
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR PRODUCING GOLD NANOPARTICLES IN PLANTS AND GOLD NANOPART...
- Publication number 20180002189
- Publication date Jan 4, 2018
- Universidad de Santiago de Chile
- Antonio Castillo
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS OF FUNAPIDE
- Publication number 20180002341
- Publication date Jan 4, 2018
- Teva Pharmaceuticals International GmbH
- Ronen Ben-David
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
METHODS FOR PRODUCING FUELS, GASOLINE ADDITIVES, AND LUBRICANTS USI...
- Publication number 20170327448
- Publication date Nov 16, 2017
- The Regents of the University of California
- Shylesh SANKARANARAYANAPILLAI
- C12 - BIOCHEMISTRY BEER SPIRITS WINE VINEGAR MICROBIOLOGY ENZYMOLOGY MUTATION...
Information Patent Application
Catalyst Compositions, Methods of Preparation Thereof, and Processe...
- Publication number 20170137356
- Publication date May 18, 2017
- SASOL (USA) CORPORATION
- Kenneth L. Matheson
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
ALKYLATION OF PICOLINAMIDES WITH SUBSTITUTED CHLOROACYLALS UTILIZIN...
- Publication number 20170096414
- Publication date Apr 6, 2017
- Dow AgroSciences LLC
- Matthew Jansma
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
PROCESS FOR PREPARING UNSYMMETRIC OCO PINCER LIGANDS FROM THE GROUP...
- Publication number 20170050910
- Publication date Feb 23, 2017
- EVONIK DEGUSSA GmbH
- Katrin Marie DYBALLA
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
FREEZE-DRYING OF ORGANOALUMINUM CO-CATALYST COMPOSITIONS AND TRANSI...
- Publication number 20170021346
- Publication date Jan 26, 2017
- Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
- Roland Schmidt
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
MODIFYING ORGANOALUMINUM CO-CATALYSTS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE
- Publication number 20170007994
- Publication date Jan 12, 2017
- SABIC GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES B.V.
- Sebastiano LUCCIULLI
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
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CATALYST COMPOSITIONS FOR SELECTIVE DIMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE
- Publication number 20170001182
- Publication date Jan 5, 2017
- Roland Schmidt
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL
Information Patent Application
CATALYST COMPOSITIONS FOR ETHYLENE DIMERIZATION
- Publication number 20160325274
- Publication date Nov 10, 2016
- Saudi Basic Industries Corporation
- Roland Schmidt
- B01 - PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Method for manufacturing electroless plating substrate and method f...

Hydrogenation catalyst compositions and their use for hydrogenation...

Radical generating catalyst, method for producing radical, method f...

Hydrotreating catalyst with a titanium containing carrier and organ...

Hydroprocessing catalyst composition containing a heterocyclic pola...

Catalysts for chemical reactions in a water-surfactant mixture

Catalysts for olefin isomerization

Catalyst made from an organic compound and use thereof in a hydropr...

Normal alpha olefin synthesis using dehydroformylation or dehydroxy...

Cobalt catalyst comprising a support comprising a mixed oxide phase...

Selective hydrogenation method using a nickel-based catalyst produc...

Alkylation processes using liquid Lewis acid catalysts

Radical generating catalyst, method for producing radical, method f...

Organic zinc catalyst, preparation method thereof, and method for p...

Self-adsorbed catalyst composition, method for preparing the same a...

Normal alpha olefin synthesis using dehydroformylation or dehydroxy...

Catalytic composition comprising nickel, a phosphine-type ligand an...

Organic zinc catalyst, preparation method thereof, and method for p...

Process for preparing isocyanates containing alkoxysilane groups

Catalyst compositions and their use for hydrogenation of nitrile ru...

Catalyst compositions and their use for hydrogenation of nitrile ru...

Process for preparing hydrocracking catalyst

Process for the preparation of high purity propylene polymers

Catalytic composition and process for oligomerizing ethylene into 1...

Alkylation of picolinamides with substituted chloroacylals utilizin...

Method for producing catalyst composition for hydrogenation and cat...

Methods for producing fuels, gasoline additives, and lubricants usi...

Process for preparing unsymmetric OCO pincer ligands from the group...

Catalyst compositions for selective dimerization of ethylene

Asymmetric synthesis of funapide

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

CATALYST-EMBEDDED MESOPOROUS CARBON CRYOGELS FOR ENERGY STORAGE

METHOD FOR PREPARING BILIVERDIN OR DERIVATIVE THEREOF

CATALYST SOLUTION FOR ELECTROLESS PLATING DEVOID OF AN AMINE

RADICAL GENERATING CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADICAL, METHOD F...

CATALYST FOR MANUFACTURING AMIDE COMPOUND, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTU...

HYDROTREATING CATALYST WITH A TITANIUM CONTAINING CARRIER AND ORGAN...

HYDROGENATION CATALYST COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE FOR HYDROGENATION...

RADICAL GENERATING CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADICAL, METHOD F...

Normal Alpha Olefin Synthesis Using Dehydroformylation or Dehydroxy...

HYDROTREATING CATALYST WITH A TITANIUM CONTAINING CARRIER AND ORGAN...

ORGANIC ZINC CATALYST, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF, AND METHOD FOR P...

COBALT CATALYST COMPRISING A SUPPORT COMPRISING A MIXED OXIDE PHASE...

METHOD AND DEVICES FOR THE SPECTROPHOTOMETRIC DETERMINATION OF RESI...

PROCESS FOR PREPARING ISOCYANATES CONTAINING ALKOXYSILANE GROUPS

Normal Alpha Olefin Synthesis Using Dehydroformylation or Dehydroxy...

CATALYST MADE FROM AN ORGANIC COMPOUND AND USE THEREOF IN A HYDROPR...

RADICAL GENERATING CATALYST, METHOD FOR PRODUCING RADICAL, METHOD F...

CATALYST COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE FOR HYDROGENATION OF NITRILE RU...

CATALYST COMPOSITIONS AND THEIR USE FOR HYDROGENATION OF NITRILE RU...

N,N,N'-Trimethyl-Bis-(Aminoethyl) Ether and its Derivatives as Cata...

METHOD FOR PRODUCING GOLD NANOPARTICLES IN PLANTS AND GOLD NANOPART...

ASYMMETRIC SYNTHESIS OF FUNAPIDE

METHODS FOR PRODUCING FUELS, GASOLINE ADDITIVES, AND LUBRICANTS USI...

Catalyst Compositions, Methods of Preparation Thereof, and Processe...

ALKYLATION OF PICOLINAMIDES WITH SUBSTITUTED CHLOROACYLALS UTILIZIN...

PROCESS FOR PREPARING UNSYMMETRIC OCO PINCER LIGANDS FROM THE GROUP...

FREEZE-DRYING OF ORGANOALUMINUM CO-CATALYST COMPOSITIONS AND TRANSI...

MODIFYING ORGANOALUMINUM CO-CATALYSTS FOR IMPROVED PERFORMANCE

CATALYST COMPOSITIONS FOR SELECTIVE DIMERIZATION OF ETHYLENE

CATALYST COMPOSITIONS FOR ETHYLENE DIMERIZATION