US Patent Issued to IFP Energies Nouvelles on Jan. 13 for "Trimetallic catalyst made from nickel, molybdenum and tungsten and use thereof in a hydrotreatment and/or hydrocracking process" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,521,702, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Trimetallic catalyst made from nickel, molybdenum and tungsten and use thereof in a hydrotreatment and/or hydrocracking process" was invented by Etienne Girard (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Audrey Bonduelle (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A subject matter of the invention is a catalyst comprising a support and an active phase consisting of nickel, molybdenum and tungsten, and phosphorus, the nickel content, measured in the NiO form, is between 3% and 4% by weight; the molybdenum content, measured in the MoO3 form, is bet...