Patents Represented by Attorney William I. McClain

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  • Catalytic dewaxing process
    Patent number: 4560469
    Abstract: The present invention provides for an improved process for catalytically dewaxing and thereby reducing the pour point of hydrocarbon feedstock by contacting the feedstock and hydrogen with a catalyst. Specifically, the catalytic dewaxing process of the present invention involves contacting the hydrocarbon feed with hydrogen under catalytic dewaxing conditions in the presence of a catalytic composition comprising a crystalline borosilicate molecular sieve and a hydrogenation component consisting essentially of nickel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 24, 1985
    Assignee: Standard Oil Company (Indiana)
    Inventors: P. Donald Hopkins, Thomas D. Nevitt, Eugene E. Unmuth