ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,774,263, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to ExxonMobil Product Solutions Co. (Spring, Texas).
"Recycle content (C 4 )alkanoic acid" was invented by David Eugene Slivensky (Tatum, Texas), Kenny Randolph Parker (Afton, Tenn.), William Lewis Trapp (Kingsport, Tenn.), Daryl Bitting (Longview, Texas), Michael Gary Polasek (Longview, Texas) and Xianchun Wu (Longview, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for preparing a recycle content (C4)alkanoic acid (i.e., butyric acid and/or isobutyric acid) derived from a recycle propylene composition, a recycle (C4)alkanal are provided."
The patent was filed on July 29, 2020, under Application...