ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,973, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to UT-Battelle LLC (Oak Ridge, Tenn.).
"Zeolitic catalytic conversion of alcohols to hydrocarbons" was invented by Chaitanya K. Narula (Knoxville, Tenn.), Brian H. Davison (Knoxville, Tenn.) and Martin Keller (Knoxville, Tenn.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for converting an alcohol to a hydrocarbon, the method comprising contacting said alcohol with a metal-loaded zeolite catalyst at a temperature of at least 100deg C. and up to 550deg C., wherein said alcohol can be produced by a fermentation process, said metal is a positively-charged metal ion, and said metal-loaded zeolite catalyst i...