HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC Received a Patent for TETRACHLOROPROPENE

Honeywell International Inc. is a worldwide diversified technology and manufacturing company. The Company provides aerospace products and services, control, sensing and security technologies, turbochargers, automotive products, specialty chemicals, electronic and advanced materials, process technology for refining and petrochemicals, and energy efficient products and solutions.

In India, the Pharmaceutical business of Honeywell International Inc. is focused on ACARS over IP system for non-safety messages, Dual wavelength source gas detector, Integrity monitoring of radar altimeters, Virtual mask alignment for fit analysis, unmanned aerial vehicle based expansion joint failure detection system.

Honeywell International Inc filed patent application numbered 6636/DELNP/2015 that is titled as SYNTHESIS OF 1, 1, 2, 3 -TETRACHLOROPROPENE. This Patent Application has been granted as Patent Number 318140.

The invention covers Chemical compound.  This invention provides an improved process for producing 1,1,2, 3-tetrachloropropene. By using a first reactive distillation column for HCC-250fb dehydrochlorination, and a second reactive distillation column for HCC-240db dehydrochlorination/HCC-1230xf isomerization, the 1,1,2, 3-tetrachloropropene manufacturing process can be greatly simplified, resulting in reduced equipment use, energy use, as well as increased productivity.

During patent examination, the patent examiner raised objections under Section 3(d) of the Indian Patents Act Section 3(d) of the Patents Act, 1970 that the subject matter of the claimed invention is not patentable u/s 3(d) of the Patent Act 1970.

As a response, it is submitted that the scientific difference has been explained.

Advocate Rahul Dev is a Patent Attorney & International Business Lawyer practicing Technology, Intellectual Property & Corporate Laws. He is reachable at rd (at) patentbusinesslawyer (dot) com & @rdpatentlawyer on Twitter.

Quoted in and contributed to 50+ national & international publications (Bloomberg, FirstPost, SwissInfo, Outlook Money, Yahoo News, Times of India, Economic Times, Business Standard, Quartz, Global Legal Post, International Bar Association, LawAsia, BioSpectrum Asia, Digital News Asia, e27, Leaders Speak, Entrepreneur India, VCCircle, AutoTech).

Regularly invited to speak at international & national platforms (conferences, TV channels, seminars, corporate trainings, government workshops) on technology, patents, business strategy, legal developments, leadership & management.