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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:
Apr. 17, 1979
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1978
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph P O'Donnell, Sarnia, Ontario, CA;
John B Gilbert, Sarnia, Ontario, CA;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208237 ; 208246 ; 208301 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to an improved method of removing elemental sulfur from refined hydrocarbon fuels comprising adding an organo mercaptan compound and a copper compound capable of forming a soluble copper complex with said mercaptan and said sulfur and contacting said fuel with an adsorbent material to remove the copper complex and substantially all of said elemental sulfur.