ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,677, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. (Baytown, Texas).
"Processes to produce poly alpha-olefins" was invented by Mark H. Li (Sugar Land, Texas) and Patrick C. Chen (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure relates to processes to produce a poly alpha-olefin (PAO) composition. In some embodiments, a process includes introducing a first C6-C32 alpha-olefin, a second C6-C32 alpha-olefin different than the first C6-C32 alpha-olefin, and a first catalyst system comprising an activator and a metallocene compound into a first reactor, wherein a molar ratio of the first C6-C32 alpha-ol...