US Patent Issued to Purdue Research Foundation on July 14 for "Stable product oligomer selectivity from olefin oligomerization on ZSM-5 zeolites and zeotypes" (Indiana, Wisconsin Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,788, issued on July 14, was assigned to Purdue Research Foundation (West Lafayette, India).

"Stable product oligomer selectivity from olefin oligomerization on ZSM-5 zeolites and zeotypes" was invented by Rajamani P. Gounder (West Lafayette, Ind.), Elizabeth E. Rogers (Dresser, Wis.), Songhyun Lee (West Lafayette, Ind.) and Evan Sowinski (West Lafayette, Ind.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "MFI zeolite and methods for converting alkenes to higher liquid products. The method includes contacting one or more alkenes having about 2 to about 12 carbon atoms with a MFI zeolite having a silicon to aluminum ratio (Si:Al) of about 20 to about ...