ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,467,005, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to TOPSOE A/S (Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark).

"Alternative methanol to olefin (MTO) process" was invented by Pablo Beato (Nordhavn, Denmark).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process and plant for producing an olefin stream, comprising passing a feedstock stream comprising oxygenates over a catalyst thereby forming an olefin stream; using a first reactor set including a single reactor or several reactors for the partial or full conversion of the oxygenates; and in series arrangement with the first reactor set, using a second reactor set including a single reactor or several reactors, for the further convers...