US Patent Issued to SM INTELLECTUAL TECHNOLOGIES on May 13 for "Trinuclear basic iron (III) acetate solid absorbent compositions and methods for the removal or sweetening of mercaptan sulfur compounds from hydrocarbon streams" (Louisiana, Texas Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,390, issued on May 13, was assigned to SM INTELLECTUAL TECHNOLOGIES LLC (La Porte, Texas).

"Trinuclear basic iron (III) acetate solid absorbent compositions and methods for the removal or sweetening of mercaptan sulfur compounds from hydrocarbon streams" was invented by Jack Veal (Morgan, Texas) and Jefferey St. Amant (Stonewall, La.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Solid absorbent compositions and methods for the removal of mercaptan sulfur compounds from hydrocarbon streams are provided. The compositions may include porous granulated activated carbon particles with internal pore surfaces containing bound trinuclear basic iron (III) a...