US Patent Issued to IFP Energies nouvelles on July 22 for "Hydrogenation catalyst comprising a carrier and a specific nickel molybdenum ratio" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,364,975, issued on July 22, was assigned to IFP Energies nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Hydrogenation catalyst comprising a carrier and a specific nickel molybdenum ratio" was invented by Antoine Fecant (Rueil-Malmaison, France), Philibert Leflaive (Rueil-Malmaison, France), Etienne Girard (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Juan Jose Sossa Ledezma (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A selective hydrogenation catalyst comprising an active phase based on nickel and molybdenum, and a porous support consisting of alumina and/or nickel aluminate, characterized in that the molar ratio between the nickel and the molybdenum...