US Patent Issued to Dow Global Technologies, EcoCatalytic on Oct. 28 for "Fluidization enhancers for the oxidative dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons" (Massachusetts, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,499, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Dow Global Technologies LLC (Midland, Mich.) and EcoCatalytic Inc. (Woburn, Mass.).

"Fluidization enhancers for the oxidative dehydrogenation of hydrocarbons" was invented by Elena Y. Chung (Somerville, Mass.), John A. Sofranko (Woburn, Mass.), William K. Wang (Woburn, Mass.), Soumen Kundu (Pearland, Texas), Hangyao Wang (Freeport, Texas), Barry B. Fish (Freeport, Texas) and Matthew T. Pretz (Freeport, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for oxidative dehydrogenation of a hydrocarbon to produce an olefin and water may include contacting, in a fluidized bed, the hydrocarbon with a par...