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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:
Aug. 01, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald Damian Myers, Calgary, CA;
John Brenton MacLeod, Calgary, CA;
Mainak Ghosh, Calgary, CA;
Tapan Chakrabarty, Calgary, CA;
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Co., Florham Park, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G / ; C10G / ; C10G / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
208108 ; 208110 ; 208111 ; 208112 ; 208 95 ; 208109 ; 208370 ;
Abstract
A bitumen is rendered pipelineable by partially hydroconverting the bitumen and then adding sufficient diluent to the partially hydroconverted bitumen to provide a mixture having an API gravity at 15.degree. C. of at least 19.degree. and a viscosity at 40.degree. C. in the range of about 35 to about 60 cP.