US Patent Issued to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering on Jan. 20 for "Large pore zeolitic catalysts and use thereof in catalytic cracking" (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,996, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Annandale, N.J.).

"Large pore zeolitic catalysts and use thereof in catalytic cracking" was invented by Brandon J. O'Neill (Spring, Texas), Joseph M. Falkowski (Hampton, N.J.), Allen W. Burton (Stewartsville, N.J.) and Scott J. Weigel (Allentown, Pa.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydrocarbon feed stream, particularly one comprising heavier hydrocarbons, may be converted to valuable products such as motor gasoline and/or lubricating oil by employing one or more large pore zeolitic catalysts, which may be prepared from a precursor zeolite. In some exa...