US Patent Issued to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents on March 18 for "Methylparaffins obtained through isomerization of linear olefins and use thereof in thermal management" (Texas, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,652, issued on March 18, was assigned to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. (Baytown, Texas).

"Methylparaffins obtained through isomerization of linear olefins and use thereof in thermal management" was invented by Renyuan Yu (Humble, Texas), Wenyih F. Lai (Bridgewater, N.J.), Jorg F. W. Weber (Houston) and Anatoly I. Kramer (Baytown, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methylparaffins having limited methyl branching may be prepared by contacting at least one linear olefin with hydrogen in the presence of a dual-function supported catalyst comprising a solid acid component and a hydrogenation component under conditions sufficient to ...