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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 1976
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1973
Applicant:
Inventor:
Howard Lee Mitchell, III, Baton Rouge, LA (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Linden, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; B01J / ; B01J / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208139 ; 208138 ; 252439 ; 252441 ; 2524 / ;
Abstract
An iridium-containing catalyst, particularly one comprising platinum, iridium, and nickel composited with a porous inorganic oxide base, is found useful in hydrocarbon conversion reactions, particularly reforming (hydroforming). Nickel is used in concentrations ranging from about 0.001 to about 0.005 percent based on the total weight of the catalyst. A naphtha or straight run gasoline can be contacted with such catalyst at reforming conditions in the presence of hydrogen to improve the octane quality of the naphtha or gasoline.