ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,486,346, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. (Baytown, Texas).
"Processes to produce poly alpha-olefin trimer and apparatus therefor" was invented by Patrick C. Chen (Houston), Mark H. Li (Sugar Land, Texas), Jennifer L Rapp (Houston), Pramod J. Nandapurkar (Seabrook, Texas), Brian H. Wahn (Houston), Babak Lotfizadehdehkordi (New Hope, Pa.), Craig J. Emett (Houston), Najeeb M. Kuzhiyil (League City, Texas) and Jian Yang (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In at least one embodiment, a process to produce a poly alpha-olefin (PAO) includes introducing a first alpha-olefin to a first catalyst system compris...