ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,269,794, issued on April 8, was assigned to CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL Corp. (Beijing) and SINOPEC RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Fluidized catalytic conversion method for maximizing production of propylene" was invented by Youhao Xu (Beijing), Yanfen Zuo (Beijing), Xingtian Shu (Beijing), Xieqing Wang (Beijing), Yibin Luo (Beijing), Yunpeng Zhang (Beijing), Yueyang Han (Beijing) and Lingyin Du (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A fluidized catalytic conversion method for maximizing the production of propylene includes the steps of: 1) contacting a heavy feedstock oil with a catalytic conversion cata...