ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,528,753, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to H QUEST VANGUARD INC. (Pittsburgh).

"Polycyclic aromatic molecules, pitch and graphite, having low impurities and large crystalline structure, and products made therefrom" was invented by George L. Skoptsov (Pittsburgh), Aayush Mantri (Pittsburgh) and Vignesh Viswanathan (Pittsburgh).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "High-purity polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and the byproducts thereof, and methods for producing such products are disclosed. The PAHs may comprise an aromaticity index of about 0.65 to about 0.80. The PAHs may have quinoline insolubles and sulfur impurities of less than about...