ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,544,733, issued on Feb. 10, was assigned to IFP Energies Nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Gas/liquid oligomerization reactor having successive zones with variable diameters" was invented by Frederic Augier (Rueil-Malmaison, France), Alexandre Vonner (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Pedro Maximiano Raimundo (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a gas/liquid oligomerization reactor with successive zones of variable diameter. The invention also relates to a process for the oligomerization of ethylene using a gas/liquid oligomerization reactor with successive zones of variable diameter." ...