US Patent Issued to Brown University, SK Innovation on June 23 for "Direct conversion of methane to C 2 and higher hydrocarbons" (South Korean, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,662,434, issued on June 23, was assigned to Brown University (Providence, R.I.) and SK Innovation Co. Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Direct conversion of methane to C 2 and higher hydrocarbons" was invented by Andrew Peterson (Providence, R.I.), Franklin Goldsmith (Providence, R.I.), Jongyoon Bae (Providence, R.I.), Dongmin Yun (Daejeon, South Korea), Juhwan Im (Daejeon, South Korea) and Dokyoung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Aspects of the invention are associated with the discovery of processes for converting methane (CH4), present in a methane-containing feed that may be obtained from a variety of sources such ...