ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,384,980, issued on Aug. 12, was assigned to ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Co. (Spring, Texas).
"Internal combustion engine lubricant" was invented by Zhisheng Gao (Flemington, N.J.), Winfried Koch (Hamburg, Germany), Nicholas W. McBride (Morristown, N.J.) and Dana J. Gary (Pittstown, N.J.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A lubricant composition may be of use in lubrication of an internal combustion engine. A method of utilizing such a lubricant composition may include: lubricating an internal combustion engine using a lubricant composition comprising: from about 30.0 mass % to about 99.8 mass % of an oil base stock, based on a tota...