US Patent Issued to IFP Energies nouvelles on June 30 for "Method for preparing a zeolite-based catalyst having an mfi structural code with improved density and mechanical strength" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,667,830, issued on June 30, was assigned to IFP Energies nouvelles (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Method for preparing a zeolite-based catalyst having an mfi structural code with improved density and mechanical strength" was invented by Mathieu Digne (Rueil-Malmaison, France), Antoine Fecant (Rueil-Malmaison, France), Thomas Regal (Rueil-Malmaison, France) and Chloe Bertrand Drira (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to an original process for the preparation of a catalyst in the form of an extrudate comprising an acid zeolite with the structural code MFI, the zeolite content being between 45...