US Patent Issued to Marathon Petroleum on Nov. 18 for "Assemblies and methods for enhancing control of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes using spectroscopic analyzers" (Ohio Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,500, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Marathon Petroleum Co. LP (Findlay, Ohio).

"Assemblies and methods for enhancing control of fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processes using spectroscopic analyzers" was invented by Jeffrey A. Sexton (Findlay, Ohio), Roy Roger Bledsoe Jr. (Findlay, Ohio), Lance T. Campbell (Findlay, Ohio), Randy N. Ridge (Findlay, Ohio) and Brian K. Wilt (Findlay, Ohio).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Assemblies and methods to enhance control of a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) processing assembly associated with a refining operation, may include supplying a hydrocarbon feedstock to one or more first processing uni...