US Patent Issued to Ignite Energy Resources on Sept. 16 for "Upgrading residues, heavy oils and plastics" (Australian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,415,959, issued on Sept. 16, was assigned to Ignite Energy Resources Ltd. (Melbourne, Australia).

"Upgrading residues, heavy oils and plastics" was invented by Leonard James Humphreys (Roseville Chase, Australia) and William Neil Rowlands (Alexandria, Australia).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to upgrading heavy petroleum oils, their residues, and/or polymeric materials. More specifically the present invention relates to a method for upgrading heavy petroleum oils, their residues, and/or polymeric materials by hydrothermal treatment with an aqueous solvent."

The patent was filed on Jan. 4, 2021, under Applic...