US Patent Issued to Marathon Petroleum on May 13 for "Systems and methods for reducing rendered fats pour point" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,297,403, issued on May 13, was assigned to Marathon Petroleum Co. LP (Findlay, Ohio).

"Systems and methods for reducing rendered fats pour point" was invented by Daniel Z Short (Findlay, Ohio), Nathan R. Klaus (Findlay, Ohio), David G. Teschel (Findlay, Ohio), Paul J. Dofton (Findlay, Ohio), Justin L. Womeldorff (Findlay, Ohio), Michelle Smith (Findlay, Ohio), Peg Broughton (Findlay, Ohio) and Caleb S. Litchfield (Findlay, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Systems and methods to reduce pour point (PP) temperatures of fat-based compositions for use in transportation fuels. In one or more embodiments, methods and systems reduce the pour ...