	US 11,891,580 B2
	Microcrystalline wax
Andries Hendrik Janssen, Amsterdam (NL); Gerrit Leendert Bezemer, Amsterdam (NL); Edward Julius Creyghton, Amsterdam (NL); Guy Lode Magda Maria Verbist, Amsterdam (NL); Pim Lohmeijer, Eindhoven (NL); and Christina Georgieva Christova-Zdravkova, Eindhoven (NL)
Assigned to SHELL USA, INC., Houston, TX (US)
Appl. No. 17/629,228
Filed by SHELL OIL COMPANY, Houston, TX (US)
PCT Filed Aug. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/EP2020/071777 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 21, 2022, PCT Pub. No. WO2021/023700, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 19190872 (EP), filed on Aug. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0267684 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. C10G 73/44 (2006.01); C10G 45/64 (2006.01)

CPC C10G 73/44 (2013.01) [C10G 45/64 (2013.01); C10G 2300/1022 (2013.01)]

7 Claims

1. Microcrystalline wax having a needle penetration according to ASTM D-1321 at 25° C. of more than 1, a crystallinity according to XRD between 5 and 70%, an initial boiling point of less than 500° C., a congealing point in the range of from 60 to 120° C., an oil content according to ASTM D-721 of more than 2 wt. %, wherein the microcrystalline wax has a fraction up to C40 having at least 5 wt % of multiple methyl-branched paraffins as determined with GC×GC, and wherein the microcrystalline wax comprises molecules with carbon numbers above 120.