ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 29 -- United States Patent no. 12,209,063, issued on Jan. 28, was assigned to Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Processes for removing carbon disulfide from symmetrical and asymmetrical sulfide product streams" was invented by Kenneth M. Lassen (Bartlesville, Okla.), Michael S. Matson (Bartlesville, Okla.), Daniel M. Hasenberg (Kingwood, Texas) and Dave C. Schwierman (Stinnett, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes for removing carbon disulfide from product streams containing a sulfide compound are performed by contacting the product stream with an alkanolamine and converting the carbon disulfide to a higher boiling point product, thereby...