Patent ID: 8586496

Claim:
A process for preparing a paraffin-coated catalyst comprising molecular sieve-containing catalyst particles for use in a catalytic process comprising the steps of: (a) providing a mixture comprising molecular sieve crystals, (b) forming said mixture into molecular sieve-containing catalyst particles having an average cross-sectional dimension of between about 0.01 mm and about 3.0 mm, (c) coating said molecular sieve-containing catalyst particles with a paraffin to form said paraffin-coated catalyst, said paraffin is inert to the conditions employed in said catalytic process, wherein said coating of said molecular sieve-containing catalyst particles occurs outside of a vessel in which a reaction will occur, wherein said molecular sieve crystals are of the MCM-22 family having an X-ray diffraction pattern including d-spacing maxima at 12.4±0.25, 6.9±0.15, 3.57±0.07 and 3.42±0.07Angstroms.