ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,338,400, issued on June 24, was assigned to EXXONMOBIL TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING COMPANY (Spring, Texas).

"Manufacture of renewable distillate from bio-oils" was invented by Kirtan K. Trivedi (Shenandoah, Texas).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods are provided for hydroprocessing of bio-derived feeds, such as bio-oils and/or other types of feeds including triglycerides, fatty acids, and/or fatty acid derivatives. The systems and methods can assist with maintaining a desired temperature profile within a reactor while performing hydroprocessing on a feed with substantial oxygen content. In various aspects, the initial bed of...