US Patent Issued to Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras on Jan. 13 for "Integrated production process of tert-butyl ethers of glycerol or isooctene stream" (Brazilian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,553, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.-Petrobras (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

"Integrated production process of tert-butyl ethers of glycerol or isooctene stream" was invented by Carlos Rene Klotz Rabello (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an integrated process that allows the production of tert-butyl ethers of glycerol, used as a high boiling point solvent (HBPS) in paint formulations (water-based) and cleaning products, or a stream of isooctenes to be used as an octane in the gasoline pool, in a simple way, just directing the flow through the areas necessar...