US Patent Issued to EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING on Nov. 18 for "Apparatus and process for upgrading heavy hydrocarbons" (American, Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,504, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY (Annandale, N.J.).

"Apparatus and process for upgrading heavy hydrocarbons" was invented by Eric B. Shen (Basking Ridge, N.J.), Anjaneya S. Kovvali (Herndon, Va.), Aruna Ramkrishnan (Bridgewater, N.J.), Samuel J. Cady (Morristown, N.J.), Stephen H. Brown (Lebanon, N.J.), Rustom M. Billimoria (Hellertown, Pa.), Brenda A. Raich (Annandale, N.J.), Bryan A. Patel (Jersey City, N.J.), Phillip K. Schoch (Bridgewater, N.J.), John Della Mora (North York, Canada) and Arun K. Sharma (Hellertown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provi...