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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:
Mar. 02, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Scott Han, Lawrenceville, NJ (US);
James N Michaels, Neshanic Station, NJ (US);
Robert E Palermo, Bloomfield, NJ (US);
David L Stern, Yardley, PA (US);
Dennis E Walsh, Richboro, PA (US);
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corp., Fairfax, VA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585500 ; 585415 ; 585417 ; 585418 ; 585654 ; 585658 ; 585661 ; 585700 ; 585943 ; 585541 ; 585820 ; 585822 ;
Abstract
There is provided a process for converting methane to hydrocarbons having at least two carbon atoms (i.e. higher hydrocarbons). The process involves oxidizing methane with a metal sulfide oxidizing agent. After this conversion of methane, the reduced metal sulfide may be regenerated by oxidation of the reduced metal sulfide.