US Patent Issued to BASF on April 14 for "Fluid catalytic cracking catalyst composition for enhanced butylenes yields with metal passivation functionality" (New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,599,898, issued on April 14, was assigned to BASF Corp. (Florham Park, N.J.).

"Fluid catalytic cracking catalyst composition for enhanced butylenes yields with metal passivation functionality" was invented by Wathudura Indika Namal De Silva (Iselin, N.J.), David M. Stockwell (Iselin, N.J.), Gary M. Smith (Iselin, N.J.), Vasileios Komvokis (Iselin, N.J.) and Bilge Yilmaz (Iselin, N.J.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed herein is a fluid catalyst cracking (FCC) catalyst composition that includes a first component and a second component. The first component includes zeolite Y and a first matrix that includes a metal passivating const...