ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,716,038, issued on Aug. 25, was assigned to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. (Baytown, Texas).
"Processes and systems for upgrading a hydrocarbon" was invented by Mark A. Nierode (Kingwood, Texas) and James L. Kendall (Humble, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes and systems for upgrading a hydrocarbon. In some embodiments, the process for upgrading a hydrocarbon, can include contacting a gas that can include one or more C1-C4 hydrocarbons and carbonyl sulfide with a sorbent under conditions sufficient to cause at least a portion of the carbonyl sulfide to sorb onto the sorbent to produce a treated gas lean in carbonyl sulfide ...