ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,674,106, issued on July 7, was assigned to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. (Baytown, Texas).
"Processes and systems for converting a hydrocarbon-containing feed" was invented by Mohsen N. Harandi (Calgary, Canada), Michael F. Raterman (Doylestown, Pa.) and Paul F. Keusenkothen (Houston).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes and systems for converting a hydrocarbon-containing feed. The feed and heated particles can be contacted within a pyrolysis zone to effect pyrolysis of at least a portion of the feed to produce a pyrolysis zone effluent and a first gaseous stream rich in olefins and a first particle stream rich in the particles can ...