ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,522,772, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc. (Baytown, Texas).
"Methods of recycling end-of-life rubber and oil-fouled plastics" was invented by Rainer Kolb (Kingwood, Texas) and Brian W. Satterley (Humble, Texas).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods for absorbing residual hydrocarbon liquids from plastic waste including obtaining hydrocarbon liquid-fouled plastic waste shreds, wherein the plastic waste shreds have a particle size of about 0.1 inches to about 3 inches; admixing the hydrocarbon liquid-fouled plastic waste shreds with absorbent elastomer granules, wherein the absorbent elastomer granules ha...