ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,043, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).

"Swing adsorption processes and systems for controlling product composition" was invented by Joseph Renaldo Vella (The Woodlands, Texas), Bennett D. Marshall (Conroe, Texas) and Chien-Chiang Chen (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Provided are apparatus and systems for performing a swing adsorption process. In particular, the method and system involves swing adsorption processes and systems designed to lessen the temperature, pressure and product stream composition fluctuations in the adsorption step of a swing adsorption pro...