US Patent Issued to EXXONMOBIL CHEMICAL PATENTS on Feb. 24 for "Processes and systems for upgrading a hydrocarbon-containing feed" (Canadian, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,445, issued on Feb. 24, 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) and Ying Liu (Houston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes for upgrading a hydrocarbon-containing feed. The feed and a first particle stream can be contacted under pyrolysis conditions to effect pyrolysis of the feed to produce a pyrolysis effluent that can include olefins and the particles, where coke can be formed on the particles. A first gaseous stream and a second particle stream can be...