ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,058, issued on July 15, was assigned to SABIC Global Technologies B.V. (Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands).
"Distillation tray having through holes with different diameters" was invented by Vijay Dinkar Bodas (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia) and Mohammed Bismillah Ansari (Riyadh, Saudi Arabia).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "One or more trays for use in distillation columns and methods of manufacture of such trays. The trays include a plate having a plurality of through holes that extend between a first surface of the plate and a second surface of the plate. The plurality of through holes include a first set of through holes each having substantially ...