ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,629, issued on July 29.

"Process for the production of an improved diesel fuel" was invented by Sergio Antonio Trevino Quintanilla (Nuevo Leon, Mexico) and Guillermo Gerardo Rodarte Herrera (Nuevo Leon, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for the continuous production of an improved diesel fuel, having enhanced ignition characteristics, more particularly with a greater electric conductivity, enhanced cetane numbers and lubricity and with greater percentage of complete combustion, resulting in less soot production and NOx reduction at the same time in an internal combustion diesel engine, breaking the tradeoff in the emissi...