US Patent Issued to UOP on June 9 for "Processes for synthesizing paraxylene and catalyst for same" (Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,649,703, issued on June 9, was assigned to UOP LLC (Des Plaines, Ill.).

"Processes for synthesizing paraxylene and catalyst for same" was invented by Steven L. Chmura (Schiller Park, Ill.), Erin M. Broderick (Arlington Heights, Ill.), Gregory B. Kuzmanich (Arlington Heights, Ill.) and Jaime G. Moscoso (Mount Prospect, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Processes and a catalyst for the cycloaddition of an olefin, such as C2 to C4 olefins like, ethylene, propylene and butylene, to a biomass derived compound, such as dimethylfuran, furan, methylfuran. The catalyst has a relatively low silica to alumina ratio of around 25 compared with conve...