Patents by Inventor Severine Moret

Severine Moret has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Direct carbon dioxide hydrogenation to formic acid in acidic media
    Patent number: 9399613
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing formic acid in a catalyzed chemical reaction from hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide gas, said reaction being conducted in an acidic medium comprising a polar solvent over a wide range of temperatures at total gas pressure of hydrogen and carbon dioxide up to 250 bar without the addition of base, carbonate, hydrogen carbonate or formate. The method of the present invention is advantageous since the reaction may be conducted in a polar solvent such as water or DMSO.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventors: Severine Moret, Paul Joseph Dyson, Gabor Laurenczy
  • DIRECT CARBON DIOXIDE HYDROGENATION TO FORMIC ACID IN ACIDIC MEDIA
    Publication number: 20160016875
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of producing formic acid in a catalysed chemical reaction from hydrogen gas and carbon dioxide gas, said reaction being conducted in an acidic medium comprising a polar solvent over a wide range of temperatures at total gas pressure of hydrogen and carbon dioxide up to 250 bar without the addition of base, carbonate, hydrogen carbonate or formate. The method of the present invention is advantageous since the reaction may be conducted in a polar solvent such as water or DMSO.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Inventors: Severine Moret, Paul Joseph Dyson, Gabor Laurenczy