ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,485,404, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to Evonik Oxeno GmbH & Co. KG (Marl, Germany).

"Process for producing an oligomerization catalyst having a hydrothermal treatment step" was invented by Johannes Knossalla (Gahlen, Germany), Thomas Quandt (Marl, Germany) and Robert Franke (Marl, Germany).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for producing an oligomerization catalyst includes hydrothermal treatment. An oligomerization catalyst produced by the process is useful for the oligomerization of C2 to C12 olefins."

The patent was filed on Dec. 7, 2022, under Application No. 18/063,072.

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