ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,454,500, issued on Oct. 28, was assigned to Linde GmbH (Pullach, Germany).
"Process and system for producing a product hydrocarbon" was invented by Mathieu Zellhuber (Martinsried, Germany), Martin Schubert (Munich), Andreas Meiswinkel (Rimsting, Germany) and Anina Wohl (Munich).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Producing a product hydrocarbon includes subjecting a feed mixture containing a feed hydrocarbon and oxygen to selective oxidation to obtain a product mixture containing product hydrocarbon and water. A subsequent mixture is formed from a portion of the product mixture by separating a portion of the water. Oxygen in the feed mixture i...