ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,427,472, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to BASF SE (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

"Process for removal of acid gases from a fluid stream" was invented by Thomas Wesley Holcombe (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Thomas Ingram (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Alexander Panchenko (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany), Martin Ernst (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany) and Georg Sieder (Ludwigshafen am Rhein, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for removing acid gases from a fluid stream, wherein the fluid stream is contacted with an absorbent to obtain a treated fluid stream and a laden absorbent, the absorbent comprising at least...