US Patent Issued to EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING on Sept. 8 for "Odor management for disulfide solvents and surfaces contacted therewith" (Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,337, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY (Spring, Texas).

"Odor management for disulfide solvents and surfaces contacted therewith" was invented by Kevin A. Harnsberry (Beaumont, Texas) and P. Scott Northrop (Spring, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disulfide solvents may be particularly effective for dissolving deposits comprising elemental sulfur, but the extreme odor of these solvent may make their use rather problematic. Solvent blends comprising at least one disulfide solvent, amine solvent, ketone solvent, and ester solvent may afford a less obnoxious odor and not appreciably com...