US Patent Issued to Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering on Sept. 2 for "Processes for functionalization and polymerization of polyaromatic feedstock" (New Jersey, Pennsylvania Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,404,408, issued on Sept. 2, was assigned to Exxon Mobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).

"Processes for functionalization and polymerization of polyaromatic feedstock" was invented by Yunlong Zhang (Annandale, N.J.), Jordan N. Metz (Doylestown, Pa.), Huaxing Zhou (Warwick, Pa.), August W. Bosse (Pennington, N.J.), Suzzy C. Ho (Princeton, N.J.), Timothy D. Shaffer (Plainfield, N.J.) and Ozcan Altintas (Franklin Park, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes for chemically treating polyaromatic feedstock to form aromatic-containing oligomers or polymers are provided. The processes are characterized by treatment of a plu...