US Patent Issued to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents on Aug. 4 for "Processes and systems for upgrading a hydrocarbon-containing feed" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,698,451, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. (Baytown, Texas).

"Processes and systems for upgrading a hydrocarbon-containing feed" was invented by Mohsen N. Harandi (Calgary, Canada), Paul F. Keusenkothen (Houston), Ying Liu (Houston) and James R. Lattner (La Porte, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes and for converting a hydrocarbon-containing feed by pyrolysis and gasification/combustion. The hydrocarbon-containing feed can be heated to produce a heated feed that can be separated into a vapor and a liquid. At least a portion of the vapor and/or at least a portion of the liquid and a particle str...