US Patent Issued to IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES on July 14 for "Method for capturing mercaptans using a macro and mesoporous capture mass" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,678,764, issued on July 14, was assigned to IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Method for capturing mercaptans using a macro and mesoporous capture mass" was invented by Antoine Fecant (Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France) and Antoine Hugon (Rueil-Malmaison Cedex, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Process for trapping mercaptans contained in a sulfur-containing hydrocarbon feedstock, in the presence of a trapping mass comprising an active phase based on at least one group VIII, IB or IIB metal, and a mesoporous or macroporous support, said trapping mass comprising a specific surface area of between 120 m2/g and 350 m2/g, an...