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Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2026

Filed:

Apr. 06, 2022
Applicant:

Exxonmobil Chemical Patents Inc., Baytown, TX (US);

Inventors:

Yifei Liu, Houston, TX (US);

Teng Xu, Houston, TX (US);

Stephen T. Cohn, Spring, TX (US);

Jeffrey C. Yeh, Houston, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 9/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 9/36 (2013.01); C10G 2300/4006 (2013.01); C10G 2300/4012 (2013.01); C10G 2300/807 (2013.01);
Abstract

A process for producing mesophase pitch, the process including: providing a feedstock having a T5≥400° F. (204° C.) and a T95≤1,400° F. (760° C.); heating the feedstock at a temperature of at least 450° C. to produce a heat treated product including mesophase pitch, wherein the heating is conducted under reaction conditions sufficient to have an equivalent reaction time greater than or equal to 1,000 seconds; and recovering the mesophase pitch.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Liu, Yifei. (2026). Thermal conversion of heavy hydrocarbons to mesophase pitch (U.S. Patent No. 12612562). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12612562

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