US Patent Issued to UOP on Dec. 30 for "Processes and apparatuses for regenerating a catalyst" (American, Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,563, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.).

"Processes and apparatuses for regenerating a catalyst" was invented by Ka L. Lok (Buffalo Grove, Ill.), Bryan J. Egolf (Crystal Lake, Ill.), Matthew R. Zuraski (Schaumburg, Ill.), Vikas Jaggi (Gurgaon, India) and Jennifer J. Ozmen (Wilmette, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes and apparatuses for regenerating catalysts used in a hydrocarbon conversion process. The catalyst is separated into a bypass portion and an adsorption portion. The bypass portion is passed to a regeneration zone where coke may be removed. A vent gas from the regeneration zone may in...