US Patent Issued to BASF on Feb. 17 for "Low iron, low z/m fluid catalytic cracking catalyst" (Georgia, New Jersey Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,551,867, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to BASF Corp. (Florham Park, N.J.).

"Low iron, low z/m fluid catalytic cracking catalyst" was invented by Karl C. Kharas (Iselin, N.J.), Shen Zhao (Attapulgus, Ga.) and Michael B. Sigman (Attapulgus, Ga.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A support comprising kaolin clay, wherein the kaolin clay comprises less than or equal to about 0.6% by weight of iron, based on total weight of the support."

The patent was filed on April 22, 2021, under Application No. 17/920,074.

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