US Patent Issued to IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES on Sept. 8 for "Method for capturing mercaptans using a mesoporous capture mass" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,729,343, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to IFP ENERGIES NOUVELLES (Rueil-Malmaison, France).

"Method for capturing mercaptans using a 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 support comprising a bimodal distribution of mesopores, said trapping mass comprising a specific surface area of between 120...