US Patent Issued to Chevron Phillips Chemical on April 8 for "Isomerization of linear olefins with solid acid catalysts and primary esters" (Texas Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,796, issued on April 8, was assigned to Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Isomerization of linear olefins with solid acid catalysts and primary esters" was invented by Jeffery C Gee (Kingwood, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Isomerized olefin products are produced by contacting an olefin feed containing a C10 to C20 normal alpha olefin, a solid acid catalyst, and a C2 to C15 primary ester to form the isomerized olefin product. Typical primary esters used in the processes include formates and acetates. Linear olefin compositions are produced that contain at least 80 wt. % C10 to C20 linear internal olefins...