ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,901, issued on April 15, was assigned to SHELL USA INC. (Houston).
"Recovery of aliphatic hydrocarbons" was invented by Jean-Paul Andre Marie Joseph Ghislain Lange (Amsterdam), Guus Van Rossum (Amsterdam), Timothe Johannes Olthof (Amsterdam), Kai Jurgen Fischer (Amsterdam), Hendrik Stichter (Amsterdam) and Jose Atilio Quevedo Enriquez (Amsterdam).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a process for the recovery of aliphatic hydrocarbons from a liquid stream comprising aliphatic hydrocarbons, heteroatom containing organic compounds and optionally aromatic hydrocarbons, involving a) contacting said liquid stream with a s...