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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:
Feb. 26, 2002
Filed:
May. 17, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas F. Degnan, Moorestown, NJ (US);
Steven M. LeCours, Boothwyn, PA (US);
Assignee:
Mobil Oil Corporation, Fairfax, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 2/500 ; C10G 2/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C10G 2/500 ; C10G 2/900 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the removal of mercury and other heavy metals from a hydrocarbon feedstream. The process involves contacting the hydrocarbon feedstream with a feedstream-soluble sulfur compound and then contacting the hydrocarbon feedstream and solubilized sulfur compound with an adsorbent.