MUMBAI, India, Aug. 22 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517072972 A) filed by Umicore Specialty Materials Brugge NV; and Synthos Pbr S. R. O., Brugge, Belgium, on July 31, for 'method for preparing a neodymium alkyl phosphate solution.'

Inventor(s) include Siolek-Komorek, Maria; Kozak, Radoslaw; Rogoza, Jaroslaw; Minne, Garrett; and Moens, Matthias.

The application for the patent was published on Aug. 22, under issue no. 34/2025.

According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "The present invention relates to a method for producing a neodymium (III) alkyl phosphate solution, said method comprising the steps of: (a)reacting neodymium (III) compound with an organophosphorous acid in a solvent in the presence of a promoter thereby obtaining a neodymium (III) alkyl phosphate solution; (b) adding an anti-gelling agent to the neodymium (III) alkyl phosphate solution obtained in step (a); and (c)removing water formed and/or added during step (a) from the obtained neodymium (III) alkyl phosphate solution, thereby obtaining a solution comprising neodymium (III) alkyl phosphate. The invention relates also to a neodymium (III) alkyl phosphate solution obtained by the above-described method as well as use of this solution as a catalyst precursor for diene polymerization."

The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 22, 2023, under International application No.PCT/EP2023/087697.

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