US Patent Issued to Saudi Arabian Oil, Sumitomo Chemical on June 17 for "Antifouling oligomerization catalyst systems" (Saudi Arabia, Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,331,004, issued on June 17, was assigned to Saudi Arabian Oil Co. (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Sumitomo Chemical Co. Ltd. (Tokyo).

"Antifouling oligomerization catalyst systems" was invented by Motaz Khawaji (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), Hussain Al Yami (Thuwal, Saudi Arabia), Sohel Shaikh (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia), Wei Xu (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) and Kenji Sogo (Kuranamidai, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "According to one embodiment, a catalyst system that reduces polymeric fouling may comprise at least one titanate compound, at least one aluminum compound, and at least one antifouling agent or a derivative thereof. The antifouling agent ma...