US Patent Issued to Chevron Phillips Chemical on April 15 for "Transition metal-catalyzed production of alcohol and carbonyl compounds from hydrocarbons" (Oklahoma, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,679, issued on April 15, was assigned to Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Transition metal-catalyzed production of alcohol and carbonyl compounds from hydrocarbons" was invented by Masud M. Monwar (Bartlesville, Okla.), Jared L. Barr (Bartlesville, Okla.), Carlos A. Cruz (Kingwood, Texas), Kathy S. Clear (Bartlesville, Okla.), Max P. McDaniel (Bartlesville, Okla.) and William C. Ellis (Bartlesville, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes for converting a hydrocarbon reactant into an alcohol compound and/or a carbonyl compound are disclosed in which the hydrocarbon reactant and a supported transition me...