US Patent Issued to THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC on May 13 for "Azeotropic compositions of HFO-1234YF and propylene" (Pennsylvania, Delaware Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,387, issued on May 13, was assigned to THE CHEMOURS COMPANY FC LLC (Wilmington, Del.).

"Azeotropic compositions of HFO-1234YF and propylene" was invented by Mary E Koban (Chadds Ford, Pa.) and Luke David Simoni (Wilmington, Del.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Refrigerant compositions including 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf) and propylene (R-1270) which exhibit near-azeotropic or azeotrope-like behavior. The refrigerant compositions exhibit a low global warming potential (GWP) and are non-ozone depleting. The refrigerant compositions are useful as a heating or cooling fluids in a variety of heating or cooling systems includin...