ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,675, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL Corp. (Beijing) and SHANGHAI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, SINOPEC (Shanghai).

"Disproportionation and transalkylation catalyst, and preparation and application thereof" was invented by Jingqiu Li (Shanghai), Jian Ding (Shanghai), Yanan Wu (Shanghai) and Dejin Kong (Shanghai).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A disproportionation and transalkylation catalyst can be used in the catalytic conversion of alkyl aromatic hydrocarbons. The catalyst contains an acidic molecular sieve, a first metal component immobilized on the acidic molecular sieve and an oxide...