US Patent Issued to UOP on Sept. 30 for "Process for catalytically converting naphtha to light olefins with predominant modes" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,359, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to UOP LLC (Rosemont, Ill.).

"Process for catalytically converting naphtha to light olefins with predominant modes" was invented by Deng-Yang Jan (Elk Grove Village, Ill.), Xi Zhao (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Jaime G. Moscoso (Mount Prospect, Ill.), Mathias Paul Koljack (Glenview, Ill.) and Gregory A. Funk (Carol Stream, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for converting naphtha to predominantly ethane comprising contacting a naphtha stream with a zeolitic catalyst comprising a noble metal and hydrogen to produce a light paraffin stream comprising ethane and propane; wherein the catalys...