US Patent Issued to NOVA Chemicals (International) on Aug. 19 for "Mixed metal oxide catalyst containing tantalum for ODH of ethane" (Canadian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,391,632, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to NOVA Chemicals (International) S.A. (Fribourg, Switzerland).

"Mixed metal oxide catalyst containing tantalum for ODH of ethane" was invented by David Sullivan (Calgary, Canada), Vasily Simanzhenkov (Calgary, Canada), Yoonhee Kim (Calgary, Canada), Marie Barnes (Calgary, Canada) and Bolaji Olayiwola (Calgary, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst, useful for oxidative dehydrogenation of ethane, comprising molybdenum, vanadium, tellurium, tantalum, and oxygen, prepared using a stage hydrothermal synthesis procedure, is provided. The catalyst comprises from 30 to 50 wt. % amorphous cont...