US Patent Issued to IFP Energies Nouvelles on March 25 for "Mass for capturing mercaptans which is prepared using molten salts" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,257,564, issued on March 25, was assigned to IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Mass for capturing mercaptans which is prepared using molten salts" was invented by Antoine Hugon (Rueil-Malmaison, France), Philibert Leflaive (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Antoine Fecant (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention describes a mass for scavenging mercaptans which is particularly suitable for the treatment of olefinic gasoline cuts containing sulfur such as gasolines resulting from catalytic cracking. The scavenging mass comprises an active phase based on group VIII, IB or IIB metal particles which i...