US Patent Issued to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents on Sept. 15 for "Pyrolysis processes for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed" (American, Canadian, British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,735,648, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. (Baytown, Texas).

"Pyrolysis processes for upgrading a hydrocarbon feed" was invented by Mark A. Nierode (Kingwood, Texas), Rodney S. Smith (Edinburgh, Great Britain), Michael A. Radzicki (Houston), Donald J. Norris (London, Canada), Kapil Kandel (Humble, Texas) and Tania M. Almazan (Baton Rouge, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes for upgrading a hydrocarbon for a predetermined period of time. The process can include determining an amount of one or more contaminant-containing compositions that will be present in a pyrolysis effluent based, at least i...