ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,747,399, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. (Baytown, Texas).

"Catalyst compositions and processes for making and using same" was invented by Xiaoying Bao (Houston), Christian A. Diaz Urrutia (Auderghem, Belgium), Colin L. Beswick (Lebanon, N.J.) and Aaron R. Garg (San Francisco).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Catalyst compositions and processes for making and using same. The catalyst composition can include 0.001 wt % to 6 wt % of a Group 8-10 element disposed on a support, based on the weight of the support. The support can include Al and at least 0.5 wt % of a Group 2 element, based on the weight of t...