US Patent Issued to Univeristy of Kansas on March 4 for "Processes for the preparation of alkylbenzenes" (Kansas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,792, issued on March 4, was assigned to Univeristy of Kansas (Lawrence, Kan.).

"Processes for the preparation of alkylbenzenes" was invented by Mark Brandon Shiflett (Lawrence, Kan.), Rajkumar Kore (Lawrence, Kan.) and Aaron M. Scurto (Oskaloosa, Kan.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes for alkylating benzene are provided. In embodiments, the process comprises combining benzene, an olefin, and a catalyst composition under conditions to react benzene with the olefin to produce an alkylbenzene, the catalyst composition comprising components selected from the group consisting of an ionic liquid, an acid, and an aromatic; an acid, a...