US Patent Issued to Chevron Phillips Chemical on Jan. 20 for "Chromium-catalyzed reactions of carbon monoxide with hydrocarbons in the presence of UV light" (Oklahoma, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,073, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to Chevron Phillips Chemical Co. LP (The Woodlands, Texas).

"Chromium-catalyzed reactions of carbon monoxide with hydrocarbons in the presence of UV light" was invented by Max P. McDaniel (Bartlesville, Okla.), Mitchell D. Refvik (Bartlesville, Okla.), Jeremy M. Praetorius (Bartlesville, Okla.), Kathy S. Clear (Bartlesville, Okla.), Jared L Barr (Bartlesville, Okla.), Carlos A. Cruz (Kingwood, Texas) and Masud M. Monwar (Bartlesville, Okla.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrocarbon compound and carbon monoxide are reacted in the presence of either a supported chromium (VI) catalyst or a support...