ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,441,671, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (The Woodlands, Texas).
"Metal-containing ionic liquids with reduced viscosity" was invented by Orson L. Sydora (Sugar Land, Texas), Corey W. Knight (Houston), Jamie N. Sutherland (Porter, Texas) and Gregory G. Hendrickson (Kingwood, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Metal-containing ionic liquids can demonstrate a sharply increased viscosity relative to the same ionic liquids without the metal cation. Metal-containing ionic liquid compositions are disclosed that contain viscosity modifiers that reduce viscosity. Metal-containing ionic liquids are applicable ...