US Patent Issued to KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY on Nov. 25 for "Method for lightening heavy oil by using coke production byproduct" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,480,058, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to KOREA RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY (Daejeon, South Korea) and RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Method for lightening heavy oil by using coke production byproduct" was invented by Sunyoung Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Chi Woong Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea), Gyoo Tae Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Ki Hyuk Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Hwi Min Seo (Daejeon, South Korea), Narae Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Pill Won Seo (Daejeon, South Korea), Joon Woo Kim (Gwangyang-si, South Korea) and Dong Jun Koh (Pohang-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark...