ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,359,137, issued on July 15.

"White alkanes created from non-petroleum, renewable sources" was invented by Alexander Panov (Mannheim, Germany), Luther Jones (Morristown, N.J.), Clayton Rozic (Greenbackville, Pa.), Tyler McIntyre (Seven Fields, Pa.), Samuel Shouse (Petrolia, Pa.), Nicholas Venturino (Natrona Heights, Pa.), Vittoria Lopopolo (Mississauga, Canada) and Gregory B. Rowat (Mississauga, Canada).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention describes a method to produce high purity hydrocarbon materials and the high purity hydrocarbon materials produced from renewable sources. The produced materials are chemically similar an...