ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,150, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to AFTON CHEMICAL Corp..

"Low-ash lubricating compositions" was invented by Mariah Parker (Richmond, Va.) and Kenneth Garelick (Mechanicsville, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "This disclosure describes low-ash lubricating composition achieving the same or better performance of higher ash compositions by including selected antiwear system with ashless phosphorus-containing antiwear compounds and select detergent systems matching TBN contributions to the antiwear systems."

The patent was filed on Sept. 27, 2024, under Application No. 18/899,803.

*For further information, including images, charts ...