US Patent Issued to IFP Energies Nouvelles on June 24 for "Process for the preparation of olefins, comprising de-asphalting, hydrocracking and steam cracking" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,402, issued on June 24, was assigned to IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Process for the preparation of olefins, comprising de-asphalting, hydrocracking and steam cracking" was invented by Wilfried Weiss (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Isabelle Merdrignac (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a process for producing olefins from a hydrocarbon feedstock 11 having a sulfur content of at least 0.1 weight %, an initial boiling point of at least 180deg C. and a final boiling point of at least 600deg C."

The patent was filed on Nov. 2, 2020, under Application No. 17/772,60...