ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,252,655, issued on March 18, was assigned to Fulcrum BioEnergy Inc. (Pleasanton, Calif.).

"Feedstock processing systems and methods for producing Fischer-Tropsch liquids and transportation fuels" was invented by Peter G. Tiverios (Anderson, S.C.), E. James Macias (Pleasanton, Calif.), Stephen H. Lucas (Foristell, Mo.), Lewis L. Rich (Seneca, S.C.) and Gregor A. Thomson (Yorktown, Va.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for processing feedstock is described, characterized in that incoming feedstock is processed to selectively recover biogenic carbon material from the incoming feedstock. In some embodiments the incoming feedstock is c...