ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,275,896, issued on April 15, was assigned to NESTE OYJ (Espoo, Finland).

"Catalytic hydrotreating of feedstocks" was invented by Kaisa Lamminpaa (Porvoo, Finland), Marina Lindblad (Porvoo, Finland), Maaria Selantaus (Porvoo, Finland), Kaija Isokoski (Porvoo, Finland), Marja Tiitta (Porvoo, Finland), Emma Sairanen (Porvoo, Finland) and Ville Paasikallio (Porvoo, Finland).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A process for hydrotreating recycled or renewable feedstocks with a catalytic microparticle slurry, and a process for manufacturing the catalytic microparticle slurry, are disclosed."

The patent was filed on Dec. 18, 2020, under Application N...